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Code Bowling on "Hello World"? [closed]

You asked for it. Python:

# Copyright (c) 1999 - 2010
# Large Company, Inc. ("THE COMPANY")
# 
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are 
# met: 
# 
# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 
#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 
# 
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND 
# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 
# LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
# SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 
# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 
# CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 
# ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 
# THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 

"""This program outputs an enthusiastic "Hello World" in english.
"""

# FIXME: Where are the unit tests for this? QA called and says we
# can't ship this without tests. Also, while writing documentation
# may be boring, you can't expect everyone to understand all this!
# Go ahead and write some docstrings! -- O.D. 2004/7/22

class Expression(object):
    def get_value(self, **kwargs):
        """get_value returns the value of this Expression.

        Any keyword arguments that the method receives should
        be passed on to the get_value methods of possibly called
        subexpressions, even if this method does not handle
        them.

        This method must be reimplemented by the subclass."""

        raise NotImplementedError

class Word(Expression):
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = value

    def get_value(self, **kwargs):
        return self.value

class Sentence(Expression):
    def __init__(self, expressions, punctuation = "."):
        self.expressions = list(expressions)
        self.punctuation = punctuation

    def get_value(self, separator = " ", **kwargs):
         mainpart = separator.join(
                    subexpression.get_value(separator = separator, **kwargs)
                    for subexpression in self.expressions
                    )

         if len(mainpart) > 0:
             capitalized = mainpart[0].upper() + mainpart[1:]
         else:
             capitalized = ""

         # FIXME: We're hardcoding "" here. Should we be prepared for
         # languages that require a separator before the punctuation mark?
         # NB: A workaround for now would be adding an empty word
         return "".join((capitalized, self.punctuation))

class Hello(Word):

    # FIXME: We should be prepared for languages where "hello" is
    # represented by more than one word.
    hello_by_language = {"en": "hello", "de": "hallo"}

    def __init__(self, language = "en"):
        super(Hello, self).__init__(self.hello_by_language[language])

class World(Word):

    # FIXME: We should be prepared for languages where "world" is
    # represented by more than one word.
    world_by_language = {"en": "world", "de": "Welt"}

    def __init__(self, language = "en"):
        super(World, self).__init__(self.world_by_language[language])

class HelloWorld(Sentence):
    def __init__(self, punctuation, language):
        hello = Hello(language)
        world = World(language)
        super(HelloWorld, self).__init__([hello, world], punctuation)

class EnthusiasticHelloWorld(HelloWorld):
    def __init__(self, language):

        # FIXME: We should be prepared for languages where enthusiasm
        # is not expressed with an exclamation mark.
        super(EnthusiasticHelloWorld, self).__init__("!", language)

def main():
    english_enthusiastic_hello_world = EnthusiasticHelloWorld("en")
    print english_enthusiastic_hello_world.get_value()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Can someone help me speed up my program. Python is so slow even to run just one line!

python -c '[__import__("os").write(1,__import__("urllib2").urlopen("http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2052137").read()[x+__import__("urllib2").urlopen("http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2052137").read().find("Hello World")]) for x,_ in enumerate("Hello World")]'

I think it's pretty hard to beat the GNU "Hello World" (view the tar to enjoy it in its full glory, including tests, makefile(s!), man, etc.):

/* hello.c -- print a greeting message and exit.

   Copyright 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005,
   2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */

#include <config.h>
#include "system.h"

/* String containing name the program is called with.  */
const char *program_name;

static const struct option longopts[] =
{
  { "greeting", required_argument, NULL, 'g' },
  { "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
  { "next-generation", no_argument, NULL, 'n' },
  { "traditional", no_argument, NULL, 't' },
  { "version", no_argument, NULL, 'v' },
  { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
};

/* Different types of greetings; only one per invocation.  */
typedef enum {
  greet_gnu, greet_new, greet_traditional, greet_user
} greeting_type;

/* Forward declarations.  */
static void print_help (void);
static void print_version (void);

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int optc;
  int lose = 0;
  const char *greeting_msg = NULL;
  greeting_type g = greet_gnu;

  program_name = argv[0];

  /* Set locale via LC_ALL.  */
  setlocale (LC_ALL, "");

#if ENABLE_NLS
  /* Set the text message domain.  */
  bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
  textdomain (PACKAGE);
#endif

  /* Even exiting has subtleties.  On exit, if any writes failed, change
     the exit status.  The /dev/full device on GNU/Linux can be used for
     testing; for instance, hello >/dev/full should exit unsuccessfully.
     This is implemented in the Gnulib module "closeout".  */
  atexit (close_stdout);

  while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "g:hntv", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
    switch (optc)
      {
      /* --help and --version exit immediately, per GNU coding standards.  */
      case 'v':
        print_version ();
        exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
        break;
      case 'g':
        greeting_msg = optarg;
        g = greet_user;
        break;
      case 'h':
        print_help ();
        exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
        break;
      case 'n':
        g = greet_new;
        break;
      case 't':
        g = greet_traditional;
        break;
      default:
        lose = 1;
        break;
      }

  if (lose || optind < argc)
    {
      /* Print error message and exit.  */
      if (optind < argc)
        fprintf (stderr, _("%s: extra operand: %s\n"),
   program_name, argv[optind]);
      fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
               program_name);
      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

  /* Print greeting message and exit. */
  if (g == greet_traditional)
    printf (_("hello, world\n"));

  else if (g == greet_new)
    /* TRANSLATORS: Use box drawing characters or other fancy stuff
       if your encoding (e.g., UTF-8) allows it.  If done so add the
       following note, please:

       [Note: For best viewing results use a UTF-8 locale, please.]
    */
 printf (_("\
+---------------+\n\
| Hello, world! |\n\
+---------------+\n\
"));

  else if (g == greet_user)
    puts (greeting_msg);

  else if (g == greet_gnu)
    puts (_("Hello, world!"));

  else {
    /* No need for this impossible message to be translated.  */
    fprintf (stderr, "Impossible hello value %d\n", g);
    exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}



/* Print help info.  This long message is split into
   several pieces to help translators be able to align different
   blocks and identify the various pieces.  */

static void
print_help (void)
{
  /* TRANSLATORS: --help output 1 (synopsis)
     no-wrap */
        printf (_("\
Usage: %s [OPTION]...\n"), program_name);

  /* TRANSLATORS: --help output 2 (brief description)
     no-wrap */
  fputs (_("\
Print a friendly, customizable greeting.\n"), stdout);

  puts ("");
  /* TRANSLATORS: --help output 3: options 1/2
     no-wrap */
  fputs (_("\
  -h, --help          display this help and exit\n\
  -v, --version       display version information and exit\n"), stdout);

  puts ("");
  /* TRANSLATORS: --help output 4: options 2/2
     no-wrap */
  fputs (_("\
  -t, --traditional       use traditional greeting format\n\
  -n, --next-generation   use next-generation greeting format\n\
  -g, --greeting=TEXT     use TEXT as the greeting message\n"), stdout);

  printf ("\n");
  /* TRANSLATORS: --help output 5 (end)
     TRANSLATORS: the placeholder indicates the bug-reporting address
     for this application.  Please add _another line_ with the
     address for translation bugs.
     no-wrap */
  printf (_("\
Report bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
}



/* Print version and copyright information.  */

static void
print_version (void)
{
  printf ("hello (GNU %s) %s\n", PACKAGE, VERSION);
  /* xgettext: no-wrap */
  puts ("");

  /* It is important to separate the year from the rest of the message,
     as done here, to avoid having to retranslate the message when a new
     year comes around.  */
  printf (_("\
Copyright (C) %s Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n\
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n\
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n\
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n"),
              "2008");
}

I'm paranoid. I don't trust the compiler. I have to tell it how to do its job (C#):

using System;
using System.Reflection;

.

static void Main()
{
    Type ConsoleType = Type.GetType("System.Console");
    Type StringType = Type.GetType("System.String");
    Type CharArrayType = Type.GetType("System.Char[]");
    MethodInfo WriteLineMethod = ConsoleType.GetMethod("WriteLine", new Type[] { StringType });
    MethodInfo ReadLineMethod = ConsoleType.GetMethod("ReadLine");
    ConstructorInfo StringConstructorInfo = StringType.GetConstructor(new Type[] { CharArrayType });
    object HelloWorldStringObject = StringConstructorInfo.Invoke(new object[] { 
        new char[] { 'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd' } });
    WriteLineMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { HelloWorldStringObject });
    ReadLineMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { });
}

It's always a matter of finding the good language for the job. How about brainfuck ?

+++++ +++++             
[                       
    > +++++ ++              
    > +++++ +++++            
    > +++                   
    > +                     
    <<<< -                  
]                   
> ++ .                  
> + .                   
+++++ ++ .              
.                       
+++ .                   
>++ .                   
<< +++++ +++++ +++++ .  
> .                     
+++ .                   
----- - .               
----- --- .             
> + .                   
> .                     

C++ template abuse.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <new>

namespace HelloLand
{
    template<int Ordinal=1> class Hello
    {
        private:
            Hello<Ordinal<<1> * next;

            //We don't want no damned copies
            Hello(const Hello<Ordinal> & Other) {}
            Hello<Ordinal>& operator=(const Hello<Ordinal>& Other) {}
        public:

            Hello()
            {
                next=new Hello<Ordinal<<1>;
            }

            ~Hello()
            {
                delete next;
            }


            std::string GetString()
            {
                return next->GetString() + GetChar();
            }

            char GetChar();
    };

    template <> char Hello<1<<0>::GetChar() { return '!'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<1>::GetChar() { return 'd'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<2>::GetChar() { return 'l'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<3>::GetChar() { return 'r'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<4>::GetChar() { return 'o'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<5>::GetChar() { return 'w'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<6>::GetChar() { return ' '; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<7>::GetChar() { return 'o'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<8>::GetChar() { return 'l'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<9>::GetChar() { return 'l'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<10>::GetChar() { return 'e'; }
    template <> char Hello<1<<11>::GetChar() { return 'H'; }

    template<> class Hello<1<<12>
    {
        public:
        std::string GetString()
        {
            return "";
        }
    };
}

int main()
{
    HelloLand::Hello<> hello;
    std::cout<<hello.GetString()<<std::endl;
    return 0;
}

What I like most of this thing:

  • no preprocessor-obfuscation (heck, this is C++, we don't need no preprocessor!);
  • the left shifts make the template brackets look mispaired, unbearable view for a programmer;
  • abuse-resistance; just try to insert an invalid Ordinal and the compiler will blow up;
  • it forced me to restudy some template functionalities I never used. :D