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I think ...

Sorry. But you are still wrong.

Trying to draw conclusions about what the MS compiler does, from what you can observe from compiling similar code using the Mingw; is like trying to draw conclusions about the AC Cobra from driving a DAX 427 kit car.

Observe:

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That code, compiled with an MS compiler, doesn't import anything from msvcrt.dll!

I'll let you work out why for yourself.

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