L
Larry
Having a superlative description of a language is a great promotional
aid. For example: "best at text processing", "best for distributed web
apps", "fastest for 3d games" etc...
One claim that Perl can make is one of the most simple and shortest
'Hello World' programs.
There is rumor on the web that there is another language which will
execute the code:
Hello World
and print:
Hello World
My proposal for Perl6 is to make Perl execute a sequence of code which
is 0 bytes in length with the action of printing to STDOUT:
Hello World
Currently, attempting to execute a file or string of code with no
content will do absolutely nothing.
Of course, with the -W flag, Perl would continue to do nothing, and if
one were to use strict, it would no longer be an empty file and
therefore would properly execute by strictly doing absolutely nothing.
The controversy in this proposal may be the way in which to state:
Hello World
Here are a few alternatives that have been used traditionally:
Hello, World
Hello, World!
Hello world.
hello world...
And with the current aggressiveness of Nasa in exploring new worlds,
one might consider changing it to:
Hello Worlds!
aid. For example: "best at text processing", "best for distributed web
apps", "fastest for 3d games" etc...
One claim that Perl can make is one of the most simple and shortest
'Hello World' programs.
There is rumor on the web that there is another language which will
execute the code:
Hello World
and print:
Hello World
My proposal for Perl6 is to make Perl execute a sequence of code which
is 0 bytes in length with the action of printing to STDOUT:
Hello World
Currently, attempting to execute a file or string of code with no
content will do absolutely nothing.
Of course, with the -W flag, Perl would continue to do nothing, and if
one were to use strict, it would no longer be an empty file and
therefore would properly execute by strictly doing absolutely nothing.
The controversy in this proposal may be the way in which to state:
Hello World
Here are a few alternatives that have been used traditionally:
Hello, World
Hello, World!
Hello world.
hello world...
And with the current aggressiveness of Nasa in exploring new worlds,
one might consider changing it to:
Hello Worlds!