hello-world: Be more function-oriented, not program-oriented #322
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| ## Specification | |||
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| The `Hello World!` program will greet me, the caller. | |||
| Write a `Hello World!` function that takes a single input (my name) from me, the caller, and returns an appropriate string. | |||
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I think I'm going to ditch the "from me"
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I think these changes are definitely an improvement. |
As exercism/exercism#2746 rightfully explains, the wording of "program" implies that the student is expected to write a full program with a main function (or equivalent entry point in language of choice). Further, the wording of "greets" slightly implies that the function is expected to put the result on STDOUT. To remedy this, "program" is replaced with "function" and we specify that the function should return the greeting. Note that as #321 states, this is just one of many problems that has "write a program" in its description. However, the "greets" -> "returns" wording is an issue not covered by #321, so we deal with it here. Closes exercism/exercism#2746
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As exercism/exercism#2746 rightfully
explains, the wording of "program" implies that the student is expected
to write a full program with a main function (or equivalent entry point
in language of choice).
Further, the wording of "greets" slightly implies that the function is
expected to put the result on STDOUT.
To remedy this, "program" is replaced with "function" and we specify
that the function should return the greeting.
Note that as #321 states, this is just one of many problems that has
"write a program" in its description. However, the "greets" -> "returns"
wording is an issue not covered by #321, so we deal with it here.
Closes exercism/exercism#2746