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Showerthought: my nephew asked why I type "print" to test things, and I felt like a fossil explaining it
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ryanh7728d ago
The kid's not wrong though. Printing "hello world" to check if a language works is basically a campfire story at this point. You could just as easily pop open a console and do it there, or write an actual test that tells you something useful. Half the reason we all still type it is tradition, not because it proves anything about the code. It's like knocking on wood, it does nothing but it makes us feel better.
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