java hello world: class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello World!"); } } joke: Question: How many lines of code does it take to display a window? Answer: One, but you'll spend the rest of your life rewriting it. os x has built in speech recognition and synthesis through included java classes last quote: "When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." ÑBuckminster Fuller (1895-1983)