Re: Guido on python3 for beginners

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On 02/19/2016 06:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 02:39 pm, Rustom Mody wrote:
>
[snip]

> But you can't do anything interesting with this language, so it is not
> satisfying. On the other hand, here's "Hello World" in another language,
> one which is Turing complete so it can do anything Python or C can do:
>
> (=<`#9]~6ZY32Vx/4Rs+0No-&Jk)"Fh}|Bcy?`=*z]Kw%oG4UUS0/@-ejc(:'8dc
>
> but the learning curve is steep enough that it will be frustrating rather
> than interesting.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbolge
>

Somewhat OT, but speaking of "Hello World", check out:

http://www2.latech.edu/~acm/HelloWorld.shtml

It's a collection of "Hello World" programs in umpteen languages.
(Well, not really umpteen, but there are a lot of them.)   ;-)

      -=- Larry -=-

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