"Hi everyone,

I was playing with Perl at 2:30 this morning. My play turned to "Hello World!"...this is what came out:

sub getName { (shift)->{name} }
print "Hello ", bless({name => "World!\n"})->getName;

[download]

It's object-based, doesn't use any explicit variables, and runs under strict and warnings pragmas.

I thought I would put this out to you all as an opportunity to creatively breathe new life into "Hello World!". I'd love to see what people came up with. If it turns out to be a fun and interesting thread, I'll post this on PerlMonks."

~Although this is a meditation, it's also an invitation, even a request, for people to post their wacky version of "Hello World!"...the Victoria-PM was very prompt with some doozies. :)

In reply to Hello World! by clairudjinn

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.