Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the book that started a global phenomenon. The series has now sold over 500 million copies worldwide in 87 languages, inspired a blockbuster movie franchise, a spellbinding theatre production, and has continued to captivate readers of all ages. To mark its 20th anniversary in 2017, we created this timeline of milestones in its magical journey.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was the book that started a global phenomenon. The series has now sold over 500 million copies worldwide in 87 languages, inspired a blockbuster movie franchise, a spellbinding theatre production, and has continued to captivate readers of all ages. To mark its 20th anniversary in 2017, we created this timeline of milestones in its magical journey.
Uses
The main use for Hello World programs was outlined above: It is a way for rookie coders to become acquainted with a new language. However, the applications of these programs go beyond an introduction to the coding world. Hello World can, for example, be used as a sanity test to make sure that the components of a language (its compiler, development and run-time environment) have been correctly installed. Because the process involved in configuring a complete programming toolchain is lengthy and complex, a simple program like Hello World is often used as a first-run test on a new toolchain.
