> > > I can't get the simple Perl "Hello World" script to work. > > > > I can't get the "Hello World" program in the C++ book I > began reading > > to work. Seems to compile without errors, but nothing on my > CRT. Will > > try it again and start a thread here... :-) > > Let me guess... > > you named it "test", right? Then when you run "test" > "nothing" happens? > > two things: > 1. there's already a program named test, which displays no > output, it merely has an exit status. > 2. for a program in your current directory, run it with a > preceding "./", e.g., "./test"--because "." is not in the > path (and shouldn't be). > This reminds me. I tried playing with c++ once back in like 96. I made a hello program on my windows 95 system and then forgot about it. I kept that system and never reformatted all the way through to windows xp. I could not believe it was working. One day in 2002 or so, I entered the command prompt and bored, typed 'hello' to my computer. It replied by saying 'hello bob, about time you got this working' So, after I got spooked, I remembered that program from years ago...still on the computer. I know off topic, but it was funny