Found out Python's 'Hello World' is way older than I thought

I was reading this article on the history of Python and it turns out the first version of 'Hello, World!' in the language was written back in 1989 by Guido van Rossum himself. I always figured it was some modern thing from the 2000s. The article was on a site called Real Python and it blew my mind how much the basics stuck around. Has anyone else dug into where these early coding examples came from?

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simons281mo ago

Wait, does that mean my "Hello, World!" is technically almost as old as my dad's corny jokes? I learned Python three years ago and felt like a genius typing that line, but now I''m realizing it''s been around since before I was born. Guido probably had no clue people would still be cutting their teeth on the exact same example three decades later. Makes me wonder if he ever got bored of seeing it everywhere. I should probably dig into that Real Python article myself, but I''m still stuck on how ancient my beginner code actually is.

lucaslee1mo agoMost Upvoted

Nah, that just means you're part of a tradition older than most tech careers, which is kind of cool honestly.