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		userbinator on May 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The increased use of PowerShell in attacks [pdf] Over 18KB for a "Hello World" script (even a native EXE would be smaller)...? A "stub" batch file to execute it is a few dozen bytes at most. Then again, those using PS probably don't care about such things being small and efficient anyway.

hobs on May 20, 2017 [–]

I didn't downvote you, but consider that I answered the GP's question and solved a problem they are having, and you added some snark.

There is plenty of talk in this space about trading off machine resources for programmer effectiveness, so while your gripe is technically accurate that ship has sailed long long ago.

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