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ELF Hello World Tutorial / Minimal ELF file

Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37) ... Computer Software Systems programming Executable file format Executable and Linkable Format ELF Hello World Tutorial
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It is non-trivial to determine what is the smallest legal ELF file, or the smaller one that will do something trivial in Linux.
Some impressive attempts:
  • codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/5696/shortest-elf-for-hello-world-n
  • www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/
  • timelessname.com/elfbin/
In this example we will consider a saner hello world example that will better capture real life cases.

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