See here for an effort to create the smallest possible hello world x86 ELF binary: http://timelessname.com/elfbin/ http://timelessname.com/elfbin/ His original

See here for an effort to create the smallest possible hello world x86 ELF binary: http://timelessname.com/elfbin/ http://timelessname.com/elfbin/ His original C app was about 6k, and 3k when stripped of debug symbols. Not content, he switched to assembly, which got him down to ... nah, I won't spoil the rest. ;)