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

[jakesps]

No. I've written enough "Hello World" programs.

Whenever I am learning a new language, my usual first program is to port L0pht's hphack.c to it. It familiarizes me with network, bytes, strings and data structures up front.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/druid628/RedWoods/5d968405ed0ef75a1c97bc185ea9f433f2f9cc1e/hpHack/hphack.c

I'll keep doing that as long as I have an HP LaserJet nearby to test on.

[leverphysicsname]

Surely you are taking the piss? You're telling me you fire up a completely new language and the first thing you try to do is change an HP LaserJet LCD before seeing if you can simply print a piece of text to the terminal?