High School/Jr.High

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10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20 END

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

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

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

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

Seasoned professional
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#include
#include
class string
{
private:
int size;
char *ptr;
public:
string() : size(0), ptr(new char('?')) {}
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
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#!/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
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#include
#define S "Hello, Worldn"
main(){exit(printf(S) == strlen(S) ? 0 : 1);}

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

Guru Hacker
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% cat
Hello, world.
^D

New Manager
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10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20 END

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

Chief Executive
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% letter
letter: Command not found.
% mail
To: ^X ^F ^C
% help mail
help: Command not found.
% damn!
!: Event unrecognized
% logout