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Challenge

Write the shortest program that, when compiled or executed, produces a fatal error message smaller than the program itself. The error message may not be generated by the program itself, such as python's raise. A valid answer must include both the code and the error message. Shortest valid answer wins.

No error message does not count as an error message.

Example (Lua)

Code (46 bytes):

[ --aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 

Error (45 bytes):

[string "[..."]:1: unexpected symbol near '[' 

Challenge

Write the shortest program that, when compiled or executed, produces a fatal error message smaller than the program itself. The error message may not be generated by the program itself, such as Python's raise. A valid answer must include both the code and the error message. Shortest valid answer wins.

No error message does not count as an error message.

Example (Lua)

Code (46 bytes):

[ --aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 

Error (45 bytes):

[string "[..."]:1: unexpected symbol near '['