Talk:Hello world/Text: Difference between revisions

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I don't care to be cliché (Hence why I originally wrote the text as "Goodbye World"), but in light of [http://rosettacode.org/mw/index.php?title=Rosetta_Code:Village_Pump/Request_a_programming_task&diff=72147&oldid=prev confusion like this] (and I've seen others mention it elsewhere), perhaps the task should be renamed to [[Hello World - text]], and the relevant output strings adjusted? Similar would need to be said for the GUI task. Any objections? --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 03:39, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

: As for the name of the task, most people would know what a "Hello World!" program is, no matter what the actual output was shown, it's supposed to show how to program a ''very'' simple display of text, with a minimum of program/language preamble. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 18:28, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

: However, the relevant output text string should be strictly adhered to as that's the task requirements. As in a real world example, the name of the game ... er, task, is to do what the requirement(s) specifiy, not what the name of the task is. If the task is to display a specific mixed uppercase/lowercase text with punctuation (and in this case, in direct contradiction to the task's name), then that's what's to be displayed/shown. We all know to shutdown a Microsoft Windows system, you have to click on '''Start''' first. --- And having wallpaper on a desktop, ... there're way too many examples of oxymoronic procedures/methods/names/requirements/etc. Many of the Rosetta Code program examples got this very simple task wrong, either by the wrong words, case, and/or punctuation. A few hit the trifecta. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 18:28, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

== Audible Hello World? ==