Tweet here saying >$7,000: https://twitter.com/zarkadakis/status/582594530135924736

Random reddit comment saying $8,500: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2zluh1/brian_k...

I would love to know who bought it. I just want to know if i can take a screenshot and use it for a class site. I guess I can argue fair use...I love that it's described as an algorithm, because it is...and most non programmers don't realize that because of their complicated preconceptions.

Not that I'm an expert. I learned C but I don't think we used his book. Or if we did, I wish the instructor would have emphasized the opening statement a lot more:

> "The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it. The first program to write is the same for all languages:

> Print the words

        hello, world

> This is the basic hurdle; to leap over it you have to be able to create the program text somewhere, compile it successfully, load it, run it, and find out where your output went. With these mechanical details mastered, everything else is comparatively easy."

What a beautiful and complete way to put it. I do hello world out of grudging habit (aka this better f--king work or I'm going to scream)...but I don't think ever appreciated its implications. I imagine it's even harder to do so today as people are more and more removed from basic computing.

I also love his addendum in the wrist statement https://www.artsy.net/article/ruse-laboratories-brian-kernig...

> In hindsight, life is rather more complicated, but this is still a good first step, and "hello world" has taken on a life of its own as the standard first example for programming textboo