-When the first caveman programmer chiseled the first program on the walls of the first cave computer, it was a program to paint the string `Hello, world' in Antelope pictures. Roman programming textbooks began with the `Salut, Mundi' program. I don't know what happens to people who break with this tradition, but I think it's safer not to find out. We'll start with a series of hello world programs that demonstrate the different aspects of the basics of writing a kernel module. +Most people learning programming start out with some sort of "hello world" example. I don't know what happens to people who break with this tradition, but I think it's safer not to find out. We'll start with a series of hello world programs that demonstrate the different aspects of the basics of writing a kernel module.
diff --git a/LKMPG-3.16.org b/LKMPG-3.16.org index 0da7c98..7d1ecae 100644 --- a/LKMPG-3.16.org +++ b/LKMPG-3.16.org @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Ironically, this can also cause a problem. By default, gcc on your system may lo * Hello World ** Hello, World (part 1): The Simplest Module -When the first caveman programmer chiseled the first program on the walls of the first cave computer, it was a program to paint the string `Hello, world' in Antelope pictures. Roman programming textbooks began with the `Salut, Mundi' program. I don't know what happens to people who break with this tradition, but I think it's safer not to find out. We'll start with a series of hello world programs that demonstrate the different aspects of the basics of writing a kernel module. +Most people learning programming start out with some sort of /"hello world"/ example. I don't know what happens to people who break with this tradition, but I think it's safer not to find out. We'll start with a series of hello world programs that demonstrate the different aspects of the basics of writing a kernel module. Here's the simplest module possible.