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Hello world is a spec. The spec says to produce the text hello world on standard output.

• hparadiz 4mo ago
  Try running it without a compatible ABI. See how far you get.
  • recursive 4mo ago
    Not sure what the point is. We can update the spec with "in the presence of a compatible ABI".
    • hparadiz 4mo ago
      All I'm saying is a program isn't VHS. It's a VHS tape. At that point it's largely philosophy. Can you reconstruct a VHS format from a VHS tape? Sure.
      • recursive 4mo ago
        For non trivial uses it wouldn't be a great spec. But I think we can bring our worlds together with a bit of boilerplate. > The system shall have behavior identical to that expressed by the system created by the following source code. [add some stuff about environment to taste]