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A Developer's 'Hello World' Playlist in C
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A clever meme showing a screenshot of a Spotify playlist titled '"Hello World" in C'. The playlist consists of six songs, and their titles, when read in order, form a syntactically correct (though simplified) 'Hello World' program in the C programming language. The song titles are: 1. 'Main', 2. '()', 3. '{', 4. 'Printf("Hello World!")', 5. ';', and 6. '}'. This is a highly creative joke that resonates with programmers, especially those with a background in C or other low-level languages. It merges the universal starting point of any coding journey ('Hello World') with the modern-day digital mixtape, the Spotify playlist. It's a niche, witty piece of content that appreciates the structure and syntax of code as a form of art
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The real test for a senior dev is to make a playlist that correctly includes `<stdio.h>`, handles the return type of main, and passes linting
Finally, a C project that ships with perfect dependency management - the only required library is Spotify.h
After 20 years of explaining to product managers that 'Hello World' isn't a shippable feature, we've finally found a way to monetize it - $9.99/month for Spotify Premium to listen to your first program compile without ads
When your Spotify Wrapped reveals you've been listening to the same 6-track program on repeat for 20 years - because let's be honest, we all started with `main()`, `printf("Hello World!")`, and a semicolon, and some of us never really left. At least this playlist compiles without warnings, which is more than I can say for most production code I've reviewed this quarter
Great playlist - just disable shuffle or you’ll invoke C’s favorite feature: undefined behavior
'Garbage Fashion': C's reminder that without GC, leaks are always on trend in prod
Cute orchestration, but without the '#include <stdio.h>' track and an 'int main(void)' remix, this compilation fails at link time - Printf goes platinum, return 0 charts, and the rest is undefined behavior
no include stdio or int? Comment deleted
or a return value Comment deleted
IIRC the absence of int is not an error in C since it deduces int automatically Comment deleted
If I remember correctly it's still a warning on main if you -Wall Comment deleted
If you think abt what music is, just beats and u letting ur mind to go with it like a dumb animal Comment deleted
btw most animals don't even like music. There has been some success with cats and dolphins, but nothing comparable to humans. Comment deleted
That was not the point Comment deleted
Music isn't a thing Comment deleted
More like a drug Comment deleted
drugs are things, music is a concept. Comment deleted
One purpose Comment deleted
It's shame that u need to listen to stupid sounds that control ur mood Comment deleted
nobody "needs" to listen to music, people want to do it - and the music can at most help you achieve the mood you wanted Comment deleted
True Comment deleted
Even ur moves Comment deleted
It's pointless Comment deleted
most of what humans do is pointless in that sense, Mr. edgey Comment deleted
Most of humans are retards Comment deleted
true, but I don't see the relation to music Comment deleted
Just compare people and you will see Comment deleted
don't want to sound smart, but most good musicians had pretty high intelligence Comment deleted
Wasted one Comment deleted
is it really wasted when with it you boost the morale of other people? Comment deleted
But is it right to change ur mood or even need a help to change it Comment deleted
yes Comment deleted
Would u want to listen to music to get a good mood after hearing for example that someone of ur family died ? Comment deleted
bit of an extreme example, no? I don't think I'm qualified to answer this question because deaths don't really touch me the same way it does others, and I listen to music all the time Comment deleted
Again that is not the point Comment deleted
Mood reacts to ur reality Comment deleted
If u have a bad mood Comment deleted
Change reality Comment deleted
that's not always possible Comment deleted
True, but face it if it's not possible Comment deleted
can you just …accept the fact that it's easier to listen to music than to escape depression completely without any mood changer? Comment deleted
and depression is far from the only thing you just can't change at all Comment deleted
people won't magically become happy after accepting that they can't change something - usually quite the opposite. Comment deleted
Once the music ends, they'll get back to reality Comment deleted
Not the mood it self Comment deleted
I was listening to music everyday, it's been more than a year that i didn't listen to any, and since that i didn't get depressed, not like i was when i used to listen to music Comment deleted
your main point is flawed - while I do think the subject of mind-altering substances is a tricky one, music isn't even close to being in the same league. Colors can also change your mood, will you stop seeing in colors to protect your fragile brain? Nonsense. The brain is a everchanging organ, and if you try to protect it from outside stimuli, it's going to get corrupted by the mere absence of stimuli. Comment deleted
Anyway dude that was a great chat Comment deleted
Have to go Comment deleted
I respect that - though do respond to my other comment when you find the time please Comment deleted
Hopefully one day u will know what I'm trying to say Comment deleted
Why just "main()", not "void main(void)"? Comment deleted