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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: How are some programs SO DAMN SMALL!
Message-ID: <18967@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Feb 91 19:24:03 GMT
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In article <91045.150604GUTEST8@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> GUTEST8@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be (Ives Aerts) writes:

>But this is VERY hard to believe.. 'hello world' is 11 bytes, how
>on earth are you gonna make an executable that's only 9 bytes
>longer ??????

Easy, if I guess Mike's idea right:

test.rexx:
/**/say"Hello World"

(Note there is no linefeed at the end)

Then, to execute it, type 'rx test.rexx'

>      Ives Aerts           |          IBM definition SY-34378

     Peter
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