Dependencies / Memtest86+

I did pkg install memtest86+ and got

The process will require 281 MiB more space
43MiB to be downloaded

Among the dependencies are gcc48 and binutils

I though memtest86 was a simple program, perhaps in assembler.

Why so much package bloat for a simple binary that goes to /boot/opt/memtest86+?!
 
% pkg install memtest86+
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The following 8 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
memtest86+: 5.01_2
gcc48: 4.8.5_10
indexinfo: 0.3.1
mpfr: 4.0.2
gmp: 6.1.2_1
mpc: 1.1.0_2
binutils: 2.32,1
gettext-runtime: 0.19.8.1_2

Number of packages to be installed: 8

The process will require 282 MiB more space.
25 MiB to be downloaded.

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