Evolution of a Programmer - Printing Hello World.
High School/Jr.High
10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD”
20 END
First year in College
program Hello(input, output)begin
writeln(’Hello World’)end.
Senior year in College
(defun hello(print
(cons ‘Hello (list ‘World))))
New professional
 #include
void main(void){char *message[] = {”Hello “, “World”};
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
printf(”%s”, message[i]);
printf(”\n”);
}
Seasoned professional
#include
#include < string.h>class string{
private:int size;
char *ptr;
public:
string() : size(0), ptr(new char(’\0′)) {}
string(const string &s) : size( s.size)
{
ptr = new char[size + 1];
strcpy(ptr, s.ptr);
}
~string()
{
delete [] ptr;
}
friend ostream &operator <<(ostream &, const string &);
string &operator=(const char *);
};
ostream &operator<<(ostream &stream, const string &s)
{
return(stream << s.ptr);
}
string &string::operator=(const char *chrs)
{
if (this != &chrs)
{
delete [] ptr;
size = strlen(chrs);
ptr = new char[size + 1]; strcpy(ptr, chrs);
}
return(*this);
}
int main()
{
string str;
str = “Hello World”; cout << str << endl;
return(0);
}
Master Programmer
[ uuid(2573F8F4-CFEE-101A-9A9F -00AA00342820)
]library LHello{
// bring in the master libraryimportlib(”actimp.tlb “);
importlib(”actexp.tlb”);
// bring in my interfaces
#include ” pshlo.idl”
[
uuid(2573F8F5-CFEE-101A-9A9F -00AA00342820)
]
cotype THello
{
interface IHello;
interface IPersistFile;
};
};
[
exe,
uuid(2573F890-CFEE-101A-9A9F -00AA00342820)
]
module CHelloLib
{
// some code related header files
importheader();
importheader(< ole2.h>);
importheader(< except.hxx>);
importheader(” pshlo.h”);
importheader(”shlo.hxx”);
importheader(”mycls.hxx”);
// needed typelibs
importlib(” actimp.tlb”);
importlib(”actexp.tlb”);
importlib(”thlo.tlb”);
[
uuid(2573F891-CFEE-101A-9A9F -00AA00342820),
aggregatable
]
coclass CHello
{
cotype THello;
};
};
#include ” ipfix.hxx”
extern HANDLE hEvent;
class CHello : public CHelloBase
{
public:
IPFIX(CLSID_CHello);
CHello(IUnknown *pUnk);
~CHello();
HRESULT __stdcall PrintSz(LPWSTR pwszString);
private:
static int cObjRef;
};
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include ” thlo.h ”
#include “pshlo.h”
#include “shlo.hxx”
#include “mycls.hxx”
int CHello::cObjRef = 0;
CHello::CHello(IUnknown *pUnk) : CHelloBase(pUnk)
{
cObjRef++;
return;
} HRESULT __stdcall CHello::PrintSz(LPWSTR pwszString)
{
printf(”%ws\n”, pwszString);
return(ResultFromScode(S_OK));
}
CHello::~CHello(void)
{
// when the object count goes to zero, stop the server
cObjRef–;
if( cObjRef == 0 )
PulseEvent(hEvent);
return;
}
#include
#include < ole2.h>
#include ” pshlo.h”
#include ” shlo.hxx”
#include “mycls.hxx” HANDLE hEvent;
int _cdecl main(
int argc,
char * argv[]
) {
ULONG ulRef; DWORD dwRegistration;
CHelloCF *pCF = new CHelloCF();
hEvent = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
// Initialize the OLE libraries
CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
CoRegisterClassObject(CLSID _CHello, pCF, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER,
REGCLS_MULTIPLEUSE, &dwRegistration);
// wait on an event to stop
WaitForSingleObject(hEvent, INFINITE);
// revoke and release the class object
CoRevokeClassObject(dwRegistrat ion);
ulRef = pCF->Release();
// Tell OLE we are going away.
CoUninitialize();
return(0);
}
extern CLSID CLSID_CHello; extern UUID LIBID_CHelloLib;
CLSID CLSID_CHello = { /* 2573F891-CFEE-101A-9A9F -00AA00342820 */
0×2573F891,
0xCFEE,
0×101A,
{ 0×9A, 0×9F, 0×00, 0xAA, 0×00, 0×34, 0×28, 0×20 }
};
UUID LIBID_CHelloLib = { /* 2573F890-CFEE-101A-9A9F -00AA00342820 */
0×2573F890,
0xCFEE,
0×101A,
{ 0×9A, 0×9F, 0×00, 0xAA, 0×00, 0×34, 0×28, 0×20 } };
#include
#include < ole2.h >
#include < stdlib.h > #include
#include
#include ” pshlo.h”
#include ” shlo.hxx” #include ” clsid.h ”
int _cdecl main(
int argc,
char * argv[] ) {
HRESULT hRslt;
IHello *pHello;
ULONG ulCnt;
IMoniker * pmk;
WCHAR wcsT[_MAX_PATH];
WCHAR wcsPath[2 * _MAX_PATH];
// get object path
wcsPath[0] = ‘\0′;
wcsT[0] = ‘\0′;
if( argc > 1) {
mbstowcs(wcsPath, argv[1], strlen(argv[1]) + 1);
wcsupr(wcsPath);
}
else { fprintf(stderr, “Object path must be specified\n”);
return(1);
}
// get print string
if(argc > 2)
mbstowcs(wcsT, argv[2], strlen(argv[2]) + 1);
else
wcscpy(wcsT, L”Hello World”); printf(”Linking to object %ws\n”, wcsPath);
printf(”Text String %ws\n”, wcsT);
// Initialize the OLE libraries
hRslt = CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
if(SUCCEEDED(hRslt)) {
hRslt = CreateFileMoniker(wcsPath, &pmk); if(SUCCEEDED(hRslt))
hRslt = BindMoniker(pmk, 0, IID_IHello, (void **)&pHello);
if(SUCCEEDED(hRslt)) {
// print a string out
pHello->PrintSz(wcsT);
Sleep(2000);
ulCnt = pHello->Release();
}
else printf(”Failure to connect, status: %lx”, hRslt);
// Tell OLE we are going away.
CoUninitialize();
}
return(0);
}
Program Manager
“Program Manager” < pm@company.com >
06/14/2006 03:32 PM
Â
To teamworker@company.com
ccSubject Urgent, Â
Dear Team Member,
Please write a program to print “Hello World” before the EOD.
With regards, PM.
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Jeremy From
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Funny…and so true.