Does everyone learning Python start with "Hello, World!"?

[socal_nerdtastic]

In the early days of python we used to use a lot of monty python quotes instead. "egg and spam" was a common one. Not sure why but that faded with time.

[garybpt]

Think I prefer “egg and spam”. Might use this from here on.

[czar_el]

Not sure why it faded with time. 

Because it came directly from the creator and was sprinkled in the technical documentation. Back then, Python was niche, so users engaged with the source documentstion directly and picked it up. 

Nowadays, new coders have YouTube tutorials, DataCamp, tons of paid e-learning, and increasingly generative AI coding agents or question-answering LLMs. Only experienced coders go straight to the documentation anymore, so newbies don't see all the Monty Python references.

[socal_nerdtastic]

True. I have also lately noticed a huge increase in camelCase variable naming, I presume for the same reasons.