Following up on "Hello world"

A follow-up clarifying the intent behind a controversial 'Hello world' syscall comparison post. The core argument is about software complexity: modern programs pile on abstractions with little regard for cost, resulting in bloated, slow software despite massive hardware improvements. Syscall counts were used as a proxy for complexity, not as a benchmark. The author also addresses specific criticisms about Rust's stack guards, Go's runtime overhead, and Zig's surprisingly lean output, while acknowledging the original article was poorly framed.