kids encyclopedia robot

HQ9+ facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

HQ9+ is a joke programming language made by Cliff L. Biffle in 2001. It has four "operations":

  • H: print "Hello, world!"
  • Q: print the program's source code (sometimes called a quine)
  • 9: print the lyrics to 99 Bottles of Beer
  • +: add one to the accumulator (the value of the accumulator cannot be accessed)
  • HQ9+ on Esolang, the esoteric programming languages wiki
kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
HQ9+ Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.