hello world interj.
1. The canonical minimal test message
in the C/Unix universe. 2. Any of the minimal programs that emit
this message. Traditionally, the first program a C coder is
supposed to write in a new environment is one that just prints
"hello, world" to standard output (and indeed it is the first
example program in K&R). Environments that generate an
unreasonably large executable for this trivial test or which
require a hairy compiler-linker invocation to generate it are
considered to lose (see X). 3. Greeting uttered by a
hacker making an entrance or requesting information from anyone
present. "Hello, world! Is the LAN back up yet?"
1. The canonical minimal test message
in the C/Unix universe. 2. Any of the minimal programs that emit
this message. Traditionally, the first program a C coder is
supposed to write in a new environment is one that just prints
"hello, world" to standard output (and indeed it is the first
example program in K&R). Environments that generate an
unreasonably large executable for this trivial test or which
require a hairy compiler-linker invocation to generate it are
considered to lose (see X). 3. Greeting uttered by a
hacker making an entrance or requesting information from anyone
present. "Hello, world! Is the LAN back up yet?"
Related:
- hello, world: interj. 1. The canonical minimal test message in the
C/UNIX universe.
2. Any of the minimal programs that emit this message... - noddy /nod'ee/ adj.
[UK: from the children's books]
1.
Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point. Noddy... - noddy: /nod'ee/ [UK: from the children's books] adj.
1. Small and un-useful, but demonstrating a point.... - Obfuscated C Contest n.
(in full, the `International
Obfuscated C Code Contest',
or IOCCC) An annual contest run since 1984 over... - MFTL /M-F-T-L/
[abbreviation: `My Favorite Toy Language']
1.
adj. Describes a talk on a programming language design... - hello sailor! interj.
Occasional West Coast equivalent
of hello world;
seems to have originated at SAIL, later associated... - beta /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n.
1. Mostly working, but still under test; usu. used... - hello, sailor!: interj. Occasional West Coast equivalent of
{hello,
world}; seems to have originated at SAIL, later ... - brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style,
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's...
From the same category:
- var /veir/ or /var/ n.
Short for `variable'.
Compare arg,
param... - examining the entrails n.
The process of grovelling
through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the
bug that brought a program or system down.
The reference is to ... - BAD /B-A-D/ adj.
[IBM: acronym, `Broken As Designed']
Said of a program that is bogus because of bad design and
misfeatures rather than because of bugginess.
See working as designed... - two-to-the-N quant.
An amount much larger than N but
smaller than infinity.
"I have 2-to-the-N things to do before I can go... - cycle of reincarnation n.
See wheel of reincarnation...
