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Why are the msvc build tools so large?

I installed msvc build tools using vs_buildtools__876224945.1634088986.exe, without the windows sdk. Could someone please explain why it needs over 4gb? I'm guessing it's not just installing the compiler binaries?

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You can see : workload-component-id-vs-build-tools


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