On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 12:35:23PM +1000, onefang wrote:
> On 2026-02-14 16:57:27, R A Montante, Ph.D. via Dng wrote:
> > From: Steve Litt [1]<slitt@???>
> >
> > ... A Hello World Rust program's executable is over 3.6MB,
> >
> > 3.6MB ??? Dear lord.
Unless the Rust developers have changed their minds,I believe
Rust does not believe in shared libraries and everything is
statically linke. Hence the bulk.
-- hendrik
> >
> > ┌────────────────╥───────────────────────╥─────────────────────────┐
> > │ 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 │
> > └────────────────╨───────────────────────╨─────────────────────────┘
>
> For the record, that polygLua thing I wrote lets you write Lua in any
> language, it's hello world example includes hello world in lots of
> languages - bash, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, and C twice. That example also
> includes a bunch of other test code.
>
> The C code is run by tcc as a script. Likely the same as your hello.c
> example above.
>
> 3739 bytes for the hello world and test script, with 16191 bytes for the
> polygLua library itself. Could probably strip out at least half if I
> condensed it down to just the hello world bits.
>
> I wonder if the Rust Hello World is just a port of the ginormously
> complex GNU C version?
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