It's also how I used to code under DOS (except using int 20h to exit and save 3 bytes, plus not copying CS into DS since .com has both equal). But my point prec

It's also how I used to code under DOS (except using int 20h to exit and save 3 bytes, plus not copying CS into DS since .com has both equal). But my point precisely is that in order to provide such small binaries, you have to 1) have the skills, and 2) accept to think. Now many devs look up for obvious responses on stackoverflow before even making the effort of solving the problem by themselves, and as a result they inherit from tons of dependencies that cannot be removed and add huge stacks of functions with absolutely zero benefit for their use case.