Hello World

cout << "Hello World";

Oh, C++ . . . the times we had!

For some reason, probably because I was as much of a bizarre child as I am adult, I started programming when I was about 10 years old.  Basic was first.  Then came C.  Then I moved on to C++, which I never actually got a grip on until I was older (the whole OOP thing and all).  Anyhow, I remember opening the C++ box, a big, dictionary-shaped thing with about ten 3.5 inch floppies and a few manuals, and being quite elated.  Again, I can't explain it; I had no idea what I would be programming . . . or why . . . or how.  But the possibilities were endless, it seemed to me.

So I carried on through a multi-hour install, squashing each disk as its turn came into the face of my off-white suitcase-sized 386 computer.  No telling what I ended up doing with it once it installed.  That was much too long ago.  But I think I learned a few things, regardless.  So, in honor of all that, I say, "Hello World."