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>'How is it notable?'

I'm not sure I follow.

Has this been some sort veiled 'Why is this on the front page?' gripe from the start?

Anyway, each is notable as an effective hello world program [1]. A starting point that concisely demonstrates the conventions of the 'language' and provides the opportunity for a new user to intuitively build from it.

Someone can take your C example and change the text, add another print statement then a third leading to a natural discovery of control structures and whatnot.

Someone can take the gaudi example and change the parameters, add a second container then third leading to an natural discovery of configuration and automation functions gaudi is trying to promote itself for.

It's pretty straightforward with the notable difference of a C being a well-established language that wouldn't generate the same interest as something relating to Docker (about a year old) or gaudi (less than a year old).

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_world_program




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