En el año 2001, en un foro encontré un post bastante divertido, se trataba de la Evolución de un Programador y cómo éste evolucionaba también el clásico programa llamado Hola Mundo.
Con la Evolución de un Programador podéis ver quienes son los mejores programadores.
En fin, os dejo con la evolución del Hola Mundo, espero que algunos Managers, Comerciales no se ofendan. 
Task is to write a program that prints “Hello World” on the
screen…make sure you see the last few attempts (Dilbert).
High School/Jr.High
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10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD”
20 END
First year in College
====================
program Hello(input, output)
begin
writeln(‘Hello World’)
end.
Senior year in College
=====================
(defun hello
(print
(cons ‘Hello (list ‘World))))
New professional
===============
#include
void main(void)
{
char *message[] = {“Hello “, “World”};
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
printf(“%s”, message[i]);
printf(“\n”);
}
Seasoned professional
====================
#include
#include
class string
{
private:
int size;
char *ptr;
public:
string() : size(0), ptr(new char(”)) {}
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);
}
Master Programmer 
)
================
[
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 */
0×2573F891,
0xCFEE,
0×101A,
{ 0×9A, 0×9F, 0×00, 0xAA, 0×00, 0×34, 0×28, 0×20 }
};
UUID LIBID_CHelloLib = { /* 2573F890-CFEE-101A-9A9F-00AA00342820 */
0×2573F890,
0xCFEE,
0×101A,
{ 0×9A, 0×9F, 0×00, 0xAA, 0×00, 0×34, 0×28, 0×20 }
};
#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] = ”;
wcsT[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);
}
Apprentice 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;
Experienced Hacker
==================
#include
#define S “Hello, World\n”
main(){exit(printf(S) == strlen(S) ? 0 : 1);}
Seasoned Hacker
==================
% cc -o a.out ~/src/misc/hw/hw.c
% a.out
Guru Hacker
==================
% cat
Hello, world.
^^D
New Manager
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10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD”
20 END
Middle Manager
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mail -s “Hello, world.” bob@b12
Bob, could you please write me a program that prints “Hello,
world.”?
I need it by tomorrow.
^^D
Senior Manager
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% zmail jim
I need a “Hello, world.” program by this afternoon.
Chief Executive
==================
% letter
letter: Command not found.
% mail
To: ^^X ^^F ^^C
% help mail
help: Command not found.
% damn!
!: Event unrecognized
% logout
Os animáis a realizar un port a otra plataforma o lenguaje de programación?. Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, eh??
