This article sounds as if it was written sometime last century. In 2008, there is no excuse for a programming language in which "hello world" is longer than: p

This article sounds as if it was written sometime last century. In 2008, there is no excuse for a programming language in which "hello world" is longer than: print "hello world" The compiler/interpreter should handle the rest. Edit: This is especially true if the language is used as a teaching tool for first time programmers.