The first program every programmer writes when learning a new programming language is the one that prints out the string “hello world.” Here are examples:
Welcome to the ACM “Hello World” project. Everyone has seen the Hello World program used as a first exposure to a new language or environment. We are attempting to collect examples for as many languages and related programming environments (shells etc.) as possible.
Wikipedia: Hello world program
The Hello World Collection: “Hello World” is the first program one usually writes when learning a new programming language. This collection includes 296 Hello World programs in many more-or-less well known programming languages, plus 47 human languages.
The Hello World Project.
How the way people code “Hello World” varies depending on their age and job.
Copyright (c) 2006 by David Shields. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (However, the parts from wikipedia are under GDFSL.)
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