Also see this blog post, which compares "Hello World" programs in different languages by overhead: https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/04/Slow.html https://drewdeva

Also see this blog post, which compares "Hello World" programs in different languages by overhead: https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/04/Slow.html https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/04/Slow.html Follow-up: https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/08/Re-Slow.html https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/08/Re-Slow.html This legendary blogpost makes the smallest Linux program (the program simply exits with status 42): https://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.html https://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.ht... You can also find the smallest "Hello World" program on that website.