Why? Why is this the first phrase kids are taught to make a computer output in programming class? (I’m sorry, we call it “coding” now … oooh la la!) “Hello, World!” or some form thereof has been around since at least 1972. While I’m sure the phrase inspired awe back then, it has staled with time. Aside from a rebel desire to break from tradition and the delightful overthrow of the TTHW metric, there is a crystal clear reason to make a change: to make kids actually want to keep going after they have cleared the TTHW hurdle! I offer some admittedly subpar suggestions below, but the real fun is seeing what YOU think kids should be taught to compel a digital servant to display as their first programming exercise.
- “Hail your new Emperor!”
- “Electrons are my bitch!”
- “All your porn are belong to us!”
- “I need a hall pass to go output.”
- “Digital purgatory is infinite recursion!”
- “Chocolate chip pancakes!” (for the less precocious children)
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