14 Apr
2006
14 Apr
'06
6:28 p.m.
On Friday 14 April 2006 04:16 pm, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
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).
Smallest executable I ever generated was a whopping 7 bytes long -- after I'd
seen the "CLS" command under DOS and wanted the same thing for my CP/M box...
Used standard tools, too, and didn't have to do anything particularly
tricky.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
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