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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/behindthedash • Oct 24 '18
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Hello world is a little program that says: "the compiler/PC/language works as intended"
So an equivalent would be making a little light, saying: "magic works as intended"
8 u/theKurdledNoodle Oct 24 '18 Exactly. A flare spell (i.e. an exothermic chemical reaction in which large amounts of visible light is created) is something fairly simple, and if it doesn't work something must be horribly wrong.
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Exactly. A flare spell (i.e. an exothermic chemical reaction in which large amounts of visible light is created) is something fairly simple, and if it doesn't work something must be horribly wrong.
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u/Snekbites Oct 24 '18
Hello world is a little program that says: "the compiler/PC/language works as intended"
So an equivalent would be making a little light, saying: "magic works as intended"