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		hhm on Sept 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing Tweet-a-Program The simplest Hello World in Wolfram Language is just: "Hello World" or even: Hello World which are both quines. The only reason you need to know about Style and GeoGraphics is for making a prettier, but still small, Hello World example.

cpach on Sept 19, 2014 [–]

Sure, but to print ASCII text on the screen one could use any language. What were discussing here is why one might want to choose WL instead of other languages.

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