What language has the longest "Hello world" program?
- by Kip
In most scripting languages, a "Hello world!" application is very short:
print "Hello world"
In C++, it is a little more complicated, requiring at least 46 non-whitespace characters:
#include <cstdio>
int main()
{
puts("Hello world");
}
Java, at 75 non-whitespace characters, is even more verbose:
class A {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("Hello world");
}
}
Are there any languages that require even more non-whitespace characters than Java? Which language requires the most?
Notes:
I'm asking about the length of the shortest possible "hello world" application in a given language.
A newline after "Hello world" is not required.
I'm not counting whitespace, but I know there is some language that uses only whitespace characters. If you use that one you can count the whitespace characters.
