helloworld

A program running the classic "Hello, world." learning example.

How to Compile

With a minimal Pony installation, in the same directory as this README file run ponyc. You should see content building the necessary packages, which ends with:

...
Generating
 Reachability
 Selector painting
 Data prototypes
 Data types
 Function prototypes
 Functions
 Descriptors
Optimising
Writing ./helloworld.o
Linking ./helloworld

How to Run

Once helloworld has been compiled, in the same directory as this README file run ./helloworld. You should see a brief hello.

$ ./helloworld
Hello, world.

Program Modifications

Modify the program to say hello to a specific name by first commandline argument -- when no argument is given, default to the world.

$ ./helloworld Ryan
Hello, Ryan.

$ ./helloworld
Hello, world.