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Way back in the early 90's a friend and I when shopping for a compiler with an array of them it was hard going, so we devised a solution which ever compiler could make HelloWorld the smallest would be where would invest our time and money to buy, today that compiler would have been PureBasic.

SASC
HelloWorld - 4623 Bytes

AmigaE
HelloWorld - 672 Bytes

PureBasic
HelloWorld - 660 Bytes!

Enjoy...

the graphical "Hello world"

screenshot
836 Bytes! copperscreen, mouseroutine, text (and also hufmann depack)

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