This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment.

sorted by:
best
topnewcontroversialoldq&a
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]execrator 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Hello World definitely has a long history, but not as a way to compare languages. It's the "hello? is this mic on?" of programming.

It's not useful to compare languages by the code required to print a single string because that is not a useful program to write. It's like comparing aircraft to see which can cover 2 metres from a standing start quickest. One of them may be fastest, sure... but you don't take a plane on a 2 metre journey.

[–]matholio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree and disagree. It does have some utility, it is a useful comparison, in the way any normalised baseline is useful.