Evolution of a Programmer

High school
           10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
           20 END
First year in College
           program Hello(input, output)
             begin
               writeln('Hello World')
             end.
Senior year in College
           (defun hello
             (print
               (cons 'Hello (list 'World))))
New professional
           #include <stdio.h
           void main(void)
           {
             char *message[] = {"Hello ", "World"};
             int i;

             for(i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
               printf("%s", message[i]);
             printf("
");
           }
Seasoned professional
           #include <iostream.h
           #include <string.h

           class string
           {
           private:
             int size;
             char *ptr;

           public:
             string() : size(0), ptr(new char('')) {}

             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);
           }

Apprentice Hacker
           #!/usr/local/bin/perl
           ="Hello, world.
";
           if ($#ARGV = 0) {
             while(defined(=shift(@ARGV))) {
                = ;
               open(FILE, "" . ) || die "Can't write :
    $!
";
               print (FILE );
               close(FILE) || die "Can't close : $!
";
             }
           } else {
             print ();
           }
           1;
Experienced Hacker
           #include %lt;stdio.h
           #define S "Hello, World
"
           main(){exit(printf(S) == strlen(S) ? 0 : 1);}
Seasoned Hacker
           % cc -o a.out ~/src/misc/hw/hw.c
           % a.out
Guru Hacker
           % cat
           Hello, world.
           ^D
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



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