There is a very old tradition in computer science that the first program you write should cause the computer to display a simple response, normally "Hello World". A program that does just that is shown below. To get started lets run the program below. For instructions on how to run the program click on the link: How to run a program. Use your browser's back button to return to this page.

Hello world sample program:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{

    printf("Hello world!\n");

    return 0;
}

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