Humor Files - hello

'Hello World' programs with different levels of experience.

 High School/Jr.High
 ===================

 10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
 20 END

 First year in College
 =====================
 program Hello(input, output)
   begin
     writeln('Hello World')
   end.

 Senior year in College
 ======================
 (defun hello
   (print
     (cons 'Hello (list 'World))))


 New professional
 ================
 #include 
 void main(void)
 {
   char *message[] = {"Hello ", "World"};
   int i;

   for(i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
     printf("%s", message[i]);
   printf("\n");
 }


 Seasoned professional
 =====================
 #include 
 #include 

 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);
 }


 Apprentice 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 
 #define S "Hello, World\n"
 main(){exit(printf(S) == strlen(S) ? 0 : 1);}


 Seasoned Hacker
 ===================
 % cc -o a.out ~/src/misc/hw/hw.c
 % a.out



 Guru Hacker
 ===================
 % cat
 Hello, world.
 ^D



 New Manager
 ===================
 10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
 20 END



 Middle Manager
 ===================
 mail -s "Hello, world." bob@b12
 Bob, could you please write me a program that prints
 "Hello, world."?
 I need it by tomorrow.
 ^D


 Senior Manager
 ===================
 % zmail jim
 I need a "Hello, world." program by this afternoon.