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by qweqwe14 802 days ago
Also see this blog post, which compares "Hello World" programs in different languages by overhead: https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/04/Slow.html

Follow-up: https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/08/Re-Slow.html

This legendary blogpost makes the smallest Linux program (the program simply exits with status 42): https://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.ht...

You can also find the smallest "Hello World" program on that website.