nihilismus's solution to Hello World on the Nim track

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Solution

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This exercise has changed since this solution was written.

The classical introductory exercise. Just say "Hello, World!".

"Hello, World!" is the traditional first program for beginning programming in a new language or environment.

The objectives are simple:

Write a function that returns the string "Hello, World!".
Run the test suite and make sure that it succeeds.
Submit your solution and check it at the website.

If everything goes well, you will be ready to fetch your first real exercise.

Running the tests

To compile and run the tests, just run the following in your exercise directory:

$ nim c -r hello_world_test.nim

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Source

This is an exercise to introduce users to using Exercism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program

Submitting Incomplete Solutions

It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

hello_world_test.nim

import unittest
import hello_world

# version 1.1.0

suite "Hello World":
  test "say hi":
    check hello() == "Hello, World!"

proc hello*: string =
  "Hello, World!"

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