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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:54:12 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] The first annual "Hello, World" challenge
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> Your goal: hello, world in one line. Language of your choice. Linking
> in a 512 MB library is a violation of the spirit of this contest.
>
> Additional rules:
> - line length is not defined but let's be reasonable
> - if you can fit it in a standard Hollerith card format (72 chars plus
> 8 chars of comment) that's a plus

would troff be cheating?  it's a language.
	hello, world
if it is, how about in rc
	echo hello, world
sed
	s/^/hello, world/g
dc
	[hello, world]p
awk
	BEGIN{print "hello, world"; exit}
acid
	print("hello, world");

that's 1/512th of your size limit, if you count all scripts
and all executables.

- erik