Le but de la manipulation est d'ecrire un programme qui affichera "HELLO WORLD" a l'ecran.

Voici la reponse de quelques personnes a ce petit test (celle du PDG est très prisée ...)

Terminale

         10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
         20 END

DUT 1ère année

         program HELLO(input, output)
         begin
            writeln('HELLO WORLD')
         end.

DUT 2ème année

         (defun HELLO
          (print
           (cons 'HELLO (list 'WORLD))
          )
         )

Fraîchement sorti de l'école d'ingénieur

         #include <
         void main(void) {
            char *message[] = {"HELLO ", "WORLD"};
            int i;

            for (i=0 ; i<<2 ; ++i)
               printf("%s", message[i]);
               printf("\n");
         }

Professionnel très exprimenté

         #include <
         #include <
         class string {
         private:
            int size;
            char *ptr;

         public:
            string () : size(0), ptr (new char('\0')) {}

            string (const string &s) : size (s.size) {
               ptr = new char[size + 1];
               strcpy (ptr, s.ptr);
            }

            ~string () {
               delete [] ptr;
            }

            friend ostream &operator <<<<(ostream &, const string &);

            string &operator=(const char *);
         };

         ostream &operator<<<<(ostream &stream, const string &s) {
            return(stream <<<< s.ptr);
         }

         string &string::operator=(const char *chrs) {
            if (this != &chrs) {
               delete [] ptr;
               size = strlen (chrs);
               ptr = new char[size + 1];
               strcpy (ptr, chrs);
            }
            return (*this);
         }

         int main () {
            string str;

            str = "HELLO WORLD";
            cout <<<< str <<<< endl;
            return (0);
         }

Professionnel vraiment très très exprimenté
         [
         uuid(2573F8F4-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820)
         ]

         library LHello {
            // bring in the master library
            importlib("actimp.tlb");
            importlib("actexp.tlb");

            // bring in my interfaces
            #include "pshlo.idl"

            [
            uuid(2573F8F5-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820)
            ]

            cotype THello {
               interface IHello;
               interface IPersistFile;
            };
         };



         [
         exe,
         uuid(2573F890-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820)
         ]

         module CHelloLib {
            // some code related header files
            importheader();
            importheader();
            importheader();
            importheader("pshlo.h");
            importheader("shlo.hxx");
            importheader("mycls.hxx");

            // needed typelibs
            importlib("actimp.tlb");
            importlib("actexp.tlb");
            importlib("thlo.tlb");

            [
            uuid(2573F891-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820),
            aggregatable
            ]

            coclass CHello {
               cotype THello;
            };
         };

         #include "ipfix.hxx"
         extern HANDLE hEvent;

         class CHello : public CHelloBase {
            public:
               IPFIX (CLSID_CHello);
               CHello (IUnknown *pUnk);
               ~CHello ();
               HRESULT __stdcall PrintSz (LPWSTR pwszString);

            private:
               static int cObjRef;
         };

         #include
         #include
         #include
         #include
         #include "thlo.h"
         #include "pshlo.h"
         #include "shlo.hxx"
         #include "mycls.hxx"

         int CHello::cObjRef = 0;

         CHello::CHello(IUnknown *pUnk) : CHelloBase(pUnk) {
            cObjRef++;
            return;
         }

         HRESULT  __stdcall  CHello::PrintSz(LPWSTR pwszString) {
            printf("%ws\n", pwszString);
            return(ResultFromScode(S_OK));
         }

         CHello::~CHello(void) {
            // when the object count goes to zero, stop the server
            cObjRef--;

            if (cObjRef == 0)
               PulseEvent(hEvent);
            return;
         }

         #include
         #include
         #include "pshlo.h"
         #include "shlo.hxx"
         #include "mycls.hxx"

         HANDLE hEvent;

         int _cdecl main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
            ULONG ulRef;
            DWORD dwRegistration;

            CHelloCF *pCF = new CHelloCF ();
            hEvent = CreateEvent (NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);

            // Initialize the OLE libraries
            CoInitializeEx (NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
            CoRegisterClassObject (CLSID_CHello, pCF, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER,
                                   REGCLS_MULTIPLEUSE, &dwRegistration);

            // wait on an event to stop
            WaitForSingleObject (hEvent, INFINITE);

            // revoke and release the class object
            CoRevokeClassObject (dwRegistration);
            ulRef = pCF->Release();

            // Tell OLE we are going away.
            CoUninitialize ();

            return(0);
         }

         extern CLSID CLSID_CHello;
         extern UUID LIBID_CHelloLib;

         CLSID CLSID_CHello = { /* 2573F891-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820 */
             0x2573F891,
             0xCFEE,
             0x101A,
             { 0x9A, 0x9F, 0x00, 0xAA, 0x00, 0x34, 0x28, 0x20 }
         };

         UUID LIBID_CHelloLib = { /* 2573F890-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820 */
             0x2573F890,
             0xCFEE,
             0x101A,
             { 0x9A, 0x9F, 0x00, 0xAA, 0x00, 0x34, 0x28, 0x20 }
         };

         #include
         #include
         #include
         #include
         #include
         #include "pshlo.h"
         #include "shlo.hxx"
         #include "clsid.h"

         int _cdecl main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
            HRESULT   hRslt;
            IHello   *pHello;
            ULONG     ulCnt;
            IMoniker *pmk;
            WCHAR     wcsT[_MAX_PATH];
            WCHAR     wcsPath[2 * _MAX_PATH];

            // get object path
            wcsPath[0] = '\0';
            wcsT[0] = '\0';
            if (argc > 1) {
               mbstowcs (wcsPath, argv[1], strlen(argv[1]) + 1);
               wcsupr (wcsPath);
            } else {
               fprintf (stderr, "Object path must be specified\n");
               return (1);
            }

            // get print string
            if (argc > 2)
               mbstowcs (wcsT, argv[2], strlen(argv[2]) + 1);
            else
               wcscpy (wcsT, L"Hello World");

            printf ("Linking to object %ws\n", wcsPath);
            printf("Text String %ws\n", wcsT);

            // Initialize the OLE libraries
            hRslt = CoInitializeEx (NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
            if (SUCCEEDED (hRslt)) {
               hRslt = CreateFileMoniker (wcsPath, &pmk);
               if (SUCCEEDED (hRslt))
                  hRslt = BindMoniker (pmk, 0, IID_IHello, (void **)&pHello);
                  if (SUCCEEDED (hRslt)) {
                     // print a string out
                     pHello->PrintSz (wcsT);

                     Sleep(2000);
                     ulCnt = pHello->Release ();
                  } else   printf ("Failure to connect, status: %lx", hRslt);

               // Tell OLE we are going away.
               CoUninitialize ();
            }

            return(0);
         }

Administrateur Systeme

         #include 
         main() {
            char *tmp;
            int   i=0;

            /* on y va bourin */
            tmp = (char *) malloc (1024 * sizeof (char));
            while (tmp[i] = "HELLO WOLRD"[i++]);

            /* Ooopps y'a une infusion ! */
            i = (int) tmp[8];
            tmp[8] = tmp[9];
            tmp[9] = (char) i;

            printf("%s\n",tmp);
         }

Apprenti Hacker

         #!/usr/local/bin/perl
         $msg="HELLO, WORLD.\n";
         if ($#ARGV >= 0) {
            while (defined ($arg = shift (@ARGV))) {
               $outfilename = $arg;
               open (FILE, ">" . $outfilename) || die "Can't write $arg: $!\n";
               print (FILE $msg);
               close(FILE) || die "Can't close $arg: $!\n";
            }
         } else {
            print ($msg);
         }
         1;

Hacker exprimenté

         #include 
         #define S "HELLO, WORLD\n"
         main(){exit(printf(S) == strlen(S) ? 0 : 1);}

Hacker très exprimenté

         % cc -o a.out ~/src/misc/bv/bv.c
         % a.out

Gourou des Hackers

         % cat
         HELLO, WORLD.
         ^D

Directeur junior

         10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
         20 END

Directeur

         mail -s "HELLO, WORLD." bob@b12
         Henri, pourrais-tu m'ecrire un programme qui ecrit "HELLO,
         WORLD." à l'écran?

         J'en ai besoin pour demain.
         ^D

Directeur senior

         % zmail Jean
            J'ai besoin d'un programme "HELLO, WORLD." Pour cet
            après-midi.

President Directeur General

         % letter
         letter: Command not found.

         % mail
         To: ^X ^F ^C

         % help mail
         help: Command not found.

         % damn!
         !: Event unrecognized

         % logout