Re: [9fans] The first annual "Hello, World" challenge

[James Tomaschke <james@orcasystems.com>]

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andrey mirtchovski wrote:
> i have some variations on a theme:
>
> linux, i386: main() { syscall(4, 1, "hello world\n", 12); } (~6KB
> dynamically linked)
> linux, x86: main() { syscall(1, 1, "hello world\n", 12); } (~6KB, 4KB
> stripped; 2.4megs statically linked, 400KB statically linked and
> stripped)
You can also use some alternative libcs for a reduced footprint, or
eliminate libc altogether with some simple inline assembly.  GNU is
really bloated.

I'm not sure where one draws the line though, theres also is a lot of
code and memory behind that syscall before anything is seen on the
screen, which could be considered part of the "linked" code.

One could always poke data into video memory and avoid all that, but
that does not get us the "Are you sure?" dialog box or status bars that
go from 0 to 100% over and over again.
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