How small is the smallest .NET Hello World binary?
This article will confuse people since the executable in question requires a runtime installed on the system (in fact, it uses .NET Framework 4.7.2, in 2023!). Most likely fair comparison for such solution would be .jar or even .py files.<p>A good source of truth for an actual executable would be Native AOT binary, which can run on Windows, Linux or macOS. Naturally, it will be much larger, having to incorporate GC, possibly ThreadPool, Console and other auxiliary code.