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    <p>I think the "Hello World" program has its uses. It says a lot if you can run that program:</p> <ul> <li>You have your IDE/Tools setup correctly</li> <li>You can write a class and or main method in that language</li> <li>You can call a function in that language to print</li> <li>You can edit a file and format it correctly for that language</li> <li>Your compiler is working and you know how to use it.</li> </ul> <p>So, for those reasons I don't find any better alternative to "Hello World."</p> <p>However, in terms of a good intro to languages in general, I'm a big fan of coding challenges like <a href="http://www.pythonchallenge.com/" rel="noreferrer">Python Challenge</a>. You are given a set of challenges/puzzles you have to complete with the language. They start out extremely basic (the first one is easier than writing a hello world). </p> <p>They quickly progress into more difficult and advanced tasks, and usually are tasks that are intended to show off a particular aspect of the language.</p> <p>I only wish every language had such a fun programming challenge. I think a LISP, Haskell, C++, C, Java, etc Challenge would be a fun introduction to the languages for people. They could be tailored to the languages. </p> <p>The C++ challenge could quickly start having challenges involving pointers and other commonly misunderstood aspects to help drive home those difficult bits while the LISP/Haskell challenges could start to ask some questions that are more tailored to functional languages.</p>
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    1. COYou are always free to adapt the challenge to any other language. Just means you will have less hand holding and some of the hints won't work as well :P
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    2. CO@X-Istence, many of the challenges are meant to show off a feature of Python. So yes, you can complete all but challenges 5 and 23 with another language. However, it wouldn't have the same effect.
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    3. COThanks for that link to the Python Challenge!
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