Hello world is a tradition to get started with any new programming language. But is there more to it than just tradition ? Maybe hello world is often the most simplistic program one can write in a programming language (unless you are Brainfuck I guess). It essentially cannot fail. It lets you focus more on the setup required to run the program than to worry if the program is okay. This is the reason why all code concepts like loops, conditionals, classes etc. Use such simple examples, simple code keeps unwanted distractions at bay and lets you focus on what’s being discussed. In the case of hello world it’s not the code that’s important it’s your environment.

I was watching a video about Greenland sharks. They are amazing creatures, they might be the creatures with the longest life span. People have discovered one that may have been living for close to 500 years. There is a great video about them on youtube and while watching it I heard the following from the host

..every other creature living and dying, even evolving right beside you. The existential fatigue will become unbearable, life stripped of its urgency and passion drifting in the eternal darkness in your stink filled piss body, Though I suppose they [Greenland sharks] aren’t too concerned about this stuff…