return 0; is our way of saying "All good, the program ended well!" The 0 is like a thumbs-up to the computer. Running the Program To see this code in action, you'll need a C compiler (like GCC).

A basic open source programming code. Contribute to dsamiam/dds-helloworld-sc development by creating an account on GitHub.

Hello World is about the most straightforward piece of code you can imagine. It has a very simple list of requirements: Print the text “hello, world” to the screen.

This program, just like the original C version of hello, world, works today with the latest version of Microsoft Visual C++, part of Visual Studio 2019, without requiring any changes.