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hello - GNU version of "Hello, world!"

Writing a program that prints "Hello, world!" is the classic beginner's programming task. The GNU version takes this a step further by processing its argument list to modify its behavior, by supporting internationalization, and by including a mail reader; it's a true demonstration of how to write programs that do these things.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://www.gnu.org/software/hello/hello.html
Source tarballhttp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.1.1.tar.gz
Source informationhttp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/
Version 2.1.1 (stable) released on 2002-06-09
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.
This is a GNU package.

Documentation
User information included
Support contacts

Bug List<bug-gnu-hello@gnu.org>

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mike Haertel
  • Roland McGrath
  • Charles Hannum

Related information

Interfacescommand line
Source languagesC

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-02-01
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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