At the beginning of every language, the program is simple, and universal,"Hello,World!" Why?
Ever wondered? Of all the words in the English vocabulary, why this. I took myself through the journey of figuring out why the most basic program was universal across all programming languages. I found something very interesting yet common, how we casually say "hello" each time we call or pick a call, how we unconsciously do a 'mic check' before speaking.I found out that Graham Bell did not come up with 'hello' neither was it some romantic phone call to her wife as the tale goes. It was a lab accident and the first time a signal was sent from one side to another giving "birth" to our now phones. Sometimes a beautiful story is better than a reality. Sometimes the illusion of it makes a great cover!
Now back to our topic, "hello, world" is used to identify that the languages' environment is installed correctly and that the operator understands basic for you.
It is essentially a "handshake"
A way for the machine to tell the human that they are understanding each other.
I went further into my research of 'hello world' and learnt what happened behind the hood, how strings were converted into ones and zeros.
I was intrigued by the fact that each language printed their "hello, world" in a certain way.
As I begin my 'handshake' into the Tech world, walk with me through this journey.
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