14 Apr
2006
14 Apr
'06
1:16 p.m.
It was thus said that the Great Richard once stated:
In article <443FFE9D.6090403 at srv.net>,
Kevin Handy <kth at srv.net> writes:
I remember hand constructing the smallest executable I could under IRIX
4.0.1---I seem to recall it being about 160 bytes in length, for a "hello
world" program (and by hand-constructing it, I literally mean constructing
it byte-by-byte). I later learned the proper compiler incantations to
generate a 300+ byte "hello world" program from C.
-spc (Fun times ... )
Ok, how about a 45 Byte Linux Elf executable
http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.html
I don't know if it will run on current versions of Linux, but it did once...
OK, but apparently all it does is return 42? I mean, the 256 byte
demos do something visually interesting :).