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'''Hello World''' is the canonical 'shortest example [[program]]' in any given [[programming language]]; a program which simply prints 'hello, world', and then terminates.
 
'''Hello World''' is the canonical 'shortest example [[program]]' in any given [[programming language]]; a program which simply prints 'hello, world', and then terminates.
  
The first version appeared in "''A Tutorial Introduction to the Programming Langauge [[B programming language|B]]''":
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The first version appeared in "''A Tutorial Introduction to the Programming Language [[B programming language|B]]''":
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 13 June 2025

Hello World is the canonical 'shortest example program' in any given programming language; a program which simply prints 'hello, world', and then terminates.

The first version appeared in "A Tutorial Introduction to the Programming Language B":

main( ) {
 extrn a, b, c;
 putchar(a); putchar(b); putchar(c); putchar('!*n');
}

a 'hell';
b 'o, w';
c 'orld';

It was popularized with one in the 'C Tutorial' in UNIX V6:

main() {
	printf("hello, world");
}

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