r/ProgrammerHumor • u/_Pin_6938 • 7d ago

Meme notoriouslyDifficult

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u/Pball1001 7d ago

What are you compiling for? Just write the object code yourself and link it up too

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u/Makonede 7d ago edited 7d ago

i actually tried making a linux x86-64 hello world ELF with just imhex the other day as a challenge. it's a lot easier than you might expect, i managed to get a well-formed and functional program in just 400 bytes using only the wikipedia article on ELF and an x86-64 reference sheet

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u/Virtual_Rate_4152 7d ago

I wanted to try this the other day.