Freestanding MinGW

freestanding_hello.c

// Freestanding with MinGW:
// http://nullprogram.com/blog/2016/01/31/
// http://nullprogram.com/blog/2016/02/28/
// https://support.microsoft.com/da-dk/kb/99456

#include <windows.h>

int WINAPI mainCRTStartup(void)
{
    char msg[] = "Hello, world!\n";
    HANDLE stdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    WriteFile(stdout, msg, sizeof(msg), (DWORD[]){0}, NULL);
    return 0;
}

/*
Compile:
gcc -nostdlib -ffreestanding -mconsole -O2 -fno-stack-check -fno-stack-protector -mno-stack-arg-probe -o freestanding_hello.exe freestanding_hello.c -lkernel32
*/