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From: djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson)
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Subject: Re: How are some programs SO DAMN SMALL!
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Date: 14 Feb 91 19:28:26 GMT
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In article <MWM.91Feb14030520@raven.pa.dec.com> mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer) writes:
>Example: I just spent 30 seconds turning out a "hello world" program
>in a language chosen to 1) be portable, and 2) generate small
>executables. The executable is 20 bytes long. How small is your best
>assembler effort?

Ooooo, you FORTH people can be so smug...

(well, how many bytes in BASIC? 16?)
-- 
Darin Johnson
djohnson@ucsd.edu
  - Political correctness is Turing undecidable.