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I dont really like hello world programs. I think they are stupid and dead ends for learning. At the end of them there is no suggestion where to go next.

However, in this case I have something to share with you all. Its a web site with 'hello world' written in hundreds of programming languages.

http://www.roesler-ac.de/wolfram/hello.htm

If you have ever thought of learning a second programming language, this site would be a place to get a basic taste of just about anything.

For a first language, if that is where you are, I would suggest processing from www.processing.org or python.

I'm learning python, and was quite proud of myself when I wrote my Hello World. First programme I'd written in about 15 years.

I found a good free text called Byte of Python >>HERE<< which makes it quite simple.

The good things about "hello world" applications are:
a) they check, with minimum effort, that your installation is working correctly
b) they offer an insight, with a little practice, into the nature of the language and its build and deployment process

Like the man said, though, they don't offer any insights into what to do next.

I am missing in this list "Hello World" e.g. in <b r a i n f u c k>:

When I came to functions and arguments, I found that (and other tuts) very confusing.

I have, however, managed to run "Hello World" in the gcc C compiler in Ubuntu. Too bad I can't manage to write (or read the source code of) a real working programme.

I found it simple, but it could be because I have a minor programming background. If you type every little programme, it does at least teach you the syntax, though the ideas behind why it does what it does are still somewhat fuzzy. *no offense* I find it best to learn from a few different texts, or google the root of the idea, so that way I know WHY I'm doing what I'm doing. Typing for the sake of typing is just crap, I don't like that.

ruby is the best

puts "hello world"

I pretty much write either a Pong, Hangman or Space invaders clone when I am learning a new compiled language

Thats a much better thing to do.

True... but the bloops and bleeps drive me f-ing crazy...

One needs an excuse to make that claim!

Make a WAV file of the pong sounds and put it on a loop for an Hour, then tell me otherwise

I wouldn't know what to tell someone who was a newbie to programming. I started programming in the 70s, writing in machine code using punch cards. A CLI terminal is not the place for "Hello, World!", so my first program was a simple addition calculator. I was very proud of that.

Several decades and programming languages later, I now just dive in with something that interests me, and see what happens. Most of what I learn comes from reading the error messages during compile time, or reading forums about the syntax or semantics of the particular language I'm working in.

My latest adventure is the Cocoa framework, which I've not gotten around to for various reasons. I'll probably start with something simple like a screensaver app.

Note: Xcode 3.x produces the "hello world" code for any project you start, so you can't write a "Hello, World" program in Xcode until you first delete the one automatically created for you.