The ever-popular, ever-famous, ever-shared … it’s
The Evolution Of A Programmer
This is a good ol’ one that has been circulating ever since I’ve been on the internet (1990). Still just as funny !
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High School
10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD" 20 END
College
program Hello(input, output) begin writeln('Hello World') end.
Post-Grad
(defun hello (print (cons 'Hello (list 'World))))
Junior Programmer
#includevoid main(void) { char *message[] = {"Hello ", "World"}; int i; for(i = 0; i < 2; ++i) printf("%s", message[i]); printf("\n"); }
Senior Programmer
#include#include class string { private: int size; char *ptr; string() : size(0), ptr(new char[1]) { ptr[0] = 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); }
Bored Programmer a.k.a. 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
% echo "Hello, world."
Bored Hacker a.k.a. New Manager
10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD" 20 END
Middle Manager
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
% 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
-Anonymous