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<https justine lol cosmopolitan index html|https justine lol cosmopolitan index html> this blew my mind this morning D

zwass · Answer

Looks very interesting Presumably this wouldn t just work directly with osquery due to a ton of code being gated by compile time flags

theopolis · Answer

It definitely won t work

terracatta · Answer

One thing they don t cover here is compilation time I wonder if there is a big difference compared to a normal C executable

terracatta · Answer

oh wow the hack they use to make this work is actually hilarious

terracatta · Answer

it all hinges on the fact the original Thompson Shell was written before shebangs were used So you they can format the first bytes as a windows PE with MZ

theopolis · Answer

It reminded me of <https www muppetlabs com ~breadbox software tiny teensy html> really funny if you are into these things

seph · Answer

That sort of shebang stuff comes up a lot in the polyglot hackery corners