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Apr 16, 2001
The Lighter Side - Page 5
By Steve Jones
Hello, World
Warning: Nerd Joke!
The evolution of the famous HELLO WORLD in the programer's life
Secondary School 10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20
END
First year in the university program Hello(input,
output)
begin
writeln('Hello World')
end.
Last year in the university (defun hello
(print
(cons
'Hello (list 'World))))
Beginner professional programer #include
<stdio.h>
void main(void)
{ char *message[] = {"Hello ",
"World"};
int i;
for(i = 0; i< 2; ++i)
printf("%s",
message[i]);
printf("\n");
}
Professional programer #include <iostream.h>
#include
<string.h>
class string
{
private:
int size;
char
*ptr;
public:
string() : size(0), ptr(new char('\0'))
{}
string(const string &s) : size(s.size)
{
ptr = new
char[size + 1];
strcpy(ptr, s.ptr);
}
~string()
{
delete
[] ptr;
}
friend ostream &operator <<(ostream &, const
string &);
string &operator=(const char *);
};
ostream
&operator<<(ostream &stream, const string
&s)
{
return(stream << s.ptr);
}
string
&string::operator=(const char *chrs)
{
if (this !=
&chrs)
{
delete [] ptr;
size = strlen(chrs);
ptr =
new char[size + 1];
strcpy(ptr,
chrs);
}
return(*this);
}
int main()
{
string
str;
str = "Hello World";
cout << str <<
endl;
return(0);
}
Very very professional
programer
[
uuid(2573F8F4-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820)
]
library
LHello
{
// bring in the master
library
importlib("actimp.tlb");
importlib("actexp.tlb");
// bring
in my interfaces
#include
"pshlo.idl"
[
uuid(2573F8F5-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820)
]
cotype
THello
{
interface IHello;
interface
IPersistFile;
};
};
[
exe,
uuid(2573F890-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820)
]
module
CHelloLib
{
// some code related header
files
importheader(
Beginner hacker #!/usr/local/bin/perl
$msg="Hello,
world.\n";
if ($#ARGV = 0) {
while(defined($arg=shift(@ARGV)))
{
$outfilename = $arg;
open(FILE, "" . $outfilename) == die "Can't write
$arg: =$!\n";
print (FILE $msg);
close(FILE) == die "Can't close $arg:
$!\n";
}
} else {
print ($msg);
}
1;
Experienced hacker #include
More experienced hacker % cc -o a.out ~/src/misc/hw/hw.c
%
a.out
Profession hacker % cat
Hello, world.
^D
Newly appointed manager 10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20
END
Middle-level manager mail -s "Hello, world." bob@b12
Bob,
can you write a program for me until tomorrow,
that display "Hello word" on
the screen?
Thanks!
^D
Director % zmail jim
I need a "Hello Word" program today
afternoon.
CEO
% letter
letter: Command not found.
%
mail To: ^X
^F ^C
% help mail
help: Command not found.
%
fuck!
!: Event unrecognized
% logout
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