From: Steve Litt<slitt@???>

> ... A Hello World Rust program's executable is over 3.6MB,

3.6MB ???  Dear lord.

161 bytes     hello.c     command-line
12192 bytes     hello     Arm64 executable
411 bytes     hello-com.asm     16-bit x86
28 bytes     hello.com     Nasm on DOS
632 bytes     hello.asm     x86-64
448 bytes     hello     Linux/gas executable
1058 bytes     hello-syscall-ld.s     Arm64
1944 bytes     hello-syscall-ld     Linux/gas executable

On a separate note, there have been claims that the better SSDs outlive
HDDs.

* https://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/hardware/life-expectancy-of-a-drive/
* https://www.adata.com/en/quikTips/comprehensive-guide-to-understanding-ssd-lifespan/
* https://directmacro.com/blog/post/a-comprehensive-guide-to-ssd-vs-hdd-lifespan-reliability-and-health?srsltid=AfmBOortwdSh7RbaB6Pm16Q8fKDO91hGMGAnyx3TqimzYB1w8c_OPwMY

 I have the luxury of putting /home on its own SSD and the rest of the
OS on another.  Glad I bought them before the prices started rising.

-Bob

-- 
"'Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice"
     - Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"