Re: Punctuation (was: I got thrown for a loop.)

["Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>]

I don't think so. I believe "Hello world" was an introductory programming
language staple before Microsoft was even founded.

Chuck Martin

"Anita Legsdin" <anita -dot- legsdin -at- watchmark -dot- com> wrote in message
news:216291 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 

Can we blame this on Microsoft? Didn't they start the "Hello world" example,
sans comma?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie Granat [mailto:bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info]
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 4:10 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Punctuation (was: I got thrown for a loop.)




From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>
> > David Neeley commented,
> > >As for the comma after "Hello"--I think that is optional in this use
today.
> >
> >
>
> As I understand it, when you're addressing someone, you use a comma, as
in,
> "Good morning, dear!" I would never write, "Good morning dear!" or "See
you
> later honey." How is "Hello, Jean" different?
>
>





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