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| The simplest way to do this in APL is by starting APL and typing this: | Many programming language manuals start by showing how easy it is to write a "Hello world" program in that language. In APL we pride ourselves with the shortest ... start APL and type: |
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| {{{⎕←'Hello World!'}}} | {{{'Hello World'}}} |
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| However, for the rest of the world this might not qualify as a program. Aplers are used to the idea of using the session as an input/output interface. Others might not be. In mswindows for instance a program is something we can call from the '''Run...''' dialog box. | Aplers are used to the idea of using the session as an input/output interface. The rest of the world might not consider that this qualifies as a program. In mswindows for instance a program might be defined as something we can call from the '''Run...''' dialog box or set up as a shortcut on the desktop. |
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| To get our program into a state where we can do that requires a choice between a number of alternative routes probably none of which will actually use {{{⎕←}}}. | To get our program into a state where we can do that requires a choice between a number of alternative routes only one of which will actually use the session. |
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| Here are three possible approaches: | Here are a few possible approaches: |
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| * [:HelloWorldSession:as above] |
Many programming language manuals start by showing how easy it is to write a "Hello world" program in that language. In APL we pride ourselves with the shortest ... start APL and type:
'Hello World'
Aplers are used to the idea of using the session as an input/output interface. The rest of the world might not consider that this qualifies as a program. In mswindows for instance a program might be defined as something we can call from the Run... dialog box or set up as a shortcut on the desktop.
To get our program into a state where we can do that requires a choice between a number of alternative routes only one of which will actually use the session.
Here are a few possible approaches:
[:HelloWorldSession:as above]
[:HelloWorldGui:GUI]
[:HelloWorldHtml:HTML]
[:HelloWorldOle:OLE]