Wow. I honestly wasn't expecting to ever see this on the front page of HN again, given the current ubiquity of 64-bit Linux. (And yes, before anyone asks, I've

Wow. I honestly wasn't expecting to ever see this on the front page of HN again, given the current ubiquity of 64-bit Linux. (And yes, before anyone asks, I've played around with minimizing 64-bit executables. Unfortunately they are both larger and less forgiving of tomfoolery. The smallest 64-bit ELF I've created is 84 bytes.) Since it is here, though, I want to take the opportunity to say thanks to everyone who's expressed their appreciation of my essay. And I should note here that writing that essay, so many years ago now, is one of the better thing I've done for my career. Share what you have to learn the hard way; the effort won't be wasted.