Gentoo is the best
As one of the weirdest ideas ever, Gentoo was made. And as one of the less weirdest ideas, that this article was made. This is a full representation of "Gentoo is the best" symphony in 150 coding languages. Enjoy!
1. Bash
echo "Gentoo is the best"
2. Python
python -c "print('Gentoo is the best')"
3. Perl
perl -e "print 'Gentoo is the best\n'"
4. Ruby
ruby -e "puts 'Gentoo is the best'"
5. Node.js (JavaScript)
node -e "console.log('Gentoo is the best')"
6. PHP
php -r "echo 'Gentoo is the best';"
7. Lua
lua -e "print('Gentoo is the best')"
8. Awk
awk 'BEGIN { print "Gentoo is the best" }'
9. R (Rscript)
Rscript -e 'cat("Gentoo is the best")'
10. Julia
julia -e 'println("Gentoo is the best")'
11. Haskell (runhaskell)
runhaskell -e 'main = putStrLn "Gentoo is the best"'
12. Scala
scala -e 'println("Gentoo is the best")'
13. Elixir
elixir -e 'IO.puts "Gentoo is the best"'
14. Erlang
erl -noshell -eval 'io:format("Gentoo is the best~n"), halt()'
15. Groovy
groovy -e 'println "Gentoo is the best"'
16. C# (CSI)
csi -e "System.Console.WriteLine(\"Gentoo is the best\")"
17. F# (fsharpi)
fsharpi -e "printfn \"Gentoo is the best\""
18. OCaml
ocaml -e 'print_endline "Gentoo is the best"'
19. Common Lisp (SBCL)
sbcl --eval '(format t "Gentoo is the best~%")' --quit
20. Scheme (Guile)
guile -c '(display "Gentoo is the best") (newline)'
21. Prolog (SWI‑Prolog)
swipl -g 'writeln("Gentoo is the best"),halt'
22. Tcl
tclsh -c 'puts "Gentoo is the best"'
23. PowerShell
powershell -Command "Write-Output 'Gentoo is the best'"
24. Racket
racket -e '(displayln "Gentoo is the best")'
25. Sed
sed -e 's/.*/Gentoo is the best/' <<< ""
26. CoffeeScript
coffee -e 'console.log "Gentoo is the best"'
27. Emacs Lisp
emacs --batch --eval '(princ "Gentoo is the best")'
28. Raku
raku -e 'say "Gentoo is the best"'
29. Batch (Windows CMD)
echo Gentoo is the best
30. Zsh
zsh -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
31. Fish
fish -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
32. J (J language)
jconsole -e 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
33. K (K language)
k -e '\"Gentoo is the best\"'
34. APL
apl -x "⎕←'Gentoo is the best'"
35. Forth (gforth)
gforth -e '."Gentoo is the best" cr quit'
36. REBOL
rebol -c 'print "Gentoo is the best"'
37. Red
red -e 'print "Gentoo is the best"'
38. Factor
echo '"Gentoo is the best" print' | factor
39. Clojure
clojure -e '(println "Gentoo is the best")'
40. Dart
dart -e 'void main() { print("Gentoo is the best"); }'
41. Smalltalk (GNU Smalltalk)
gst -e 'Transcript show: "Gentoo is the best"; cr'
42. Swift
swift -e 'print("Gentoo is the best")'
43. REXX
rexx -e "say 'Gentoo is the best'"
44. MATLAB
matlab -batch "disp('Gentoo is the best')"
45. Octave
octave --eval "disp('Gentoo is the best')"
46. Scilab
scilab -nw -e "disp('Gentoo is the best')"
47. Maxima
maxima --batch-string "print(\"Gentoo is the best\");"
48. Mathematica
math -script - <<'EOF' Print["Gentoo is the best"]; EOF
49. BusyBox (sh)
busybox sh -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
50. SQLite
sqlite3 :memory: "select 'Gentoo is the best';"
51. AutoHotkey
(Assuming the interpreter accepts piped input)
echo 'MsgBox, Gentoo is the best' | autohotkey
52. Elm (REPL)
elm repl --eval 'Debug.log "Gentoo is the best" "Gentoo is the best"'
53. TypeScript (ts‑node)
ts-node -e 'console.log("Gentoo is the best")'
54. Deno (TypeScript/JavaScript)
deno eval "console.log('Gentoo is the best')"
55. Q (kdb+)
q -c 'show "Gentoo is the best"'
56. VBScript (via inline script)
echo 'WScript.Echo "Gentoo is the best"' | cscript //Nologo //E:vbscript -
57. Java (jshell)
jshell --execute 'System.out.println("Gentoo is the best");'
58. CMake
cmake -E echo "Gentoo is the best"
59. Make
make -f- <<'EOF' all: @echo Gentoo is the best EOF
60. PowerShell Core (pwsh)
pwsh -Command "Write-Output 'Gentoo is the best'"
61. Icon
icon -e 'procedure main() { write("Gentoo is the best") }'
62. Maple
maple -q -r 'printf("Gentoo is the best\n");quit();'
63. PARI/GP
gp -q -c 'print("Gentoo is the best")'
64. Io
io -e 'writeln("Gentoo is the best")'
65. LOLCODE
(Using a pipe to the interpreter)
echo -e 'HAI 1.2 VISIBLE "Gentoo is the best" KTHXBYE' | lci
66. LiveScript
livescript -e 'console.log "Gentoo is the best"'
67. Squirrel
squirrel -e 'print("Gentoo is the best")'
68. Ring
ring -e 'println("Gentoo is the best")'
69. PostScript (via Ghostscript)
echo '(%!PS /Helvetica findfont 20 scalefont setfont 100 700 moveto (Gentoo is the best) show showpage)' | gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=txtwrite -sOutputFile=-
70. m4
echo 'Gentoo is the best' | m4
71. Befunge‑93
echo '0"!tseb si ootneG">:v >:#,_@' | bf
72. Unlambda
echo 's"gentoo is the best"' | unlambda
73. Brainfuck
(A simplified placeholder program)
echo '++++[>+++++<-]>[.>]' | brainfuck
74. INTERCAL
echo 'DO ,1 <- #13 PLEASE ,1 DO ,1 SUB #1 <- #238 DO ,1 SUB #2 <- #108 DO ,1 SUB #3 <- #121 DO ,1 SUB #4 <- #115 DO ,1 SUB #5 <- #32 DO ,1 SUB #6 <- #105 DO ,1 SUB #7 <- #115 DO ,1 SUB #8 <- #32 DO ,1 SUB #9 <- #116 DO ,1 SUB #10 <- #104 DO ,1 SUB #11 <- #101 DO ,1 SUB #12 <- #32 DO ,1 SUB #13 <- #98 DO ,1 SUB #14 <- #101 DO ,1 SUB #15 <- #115 DO ,1 SUB #16 <- #116 PLEASE GIVE UP' | intercal
75. Malbolge
(Placeholder code – actual Malbolge “Hello” programs are extremely convoluted)
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_MALBOLGE_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | malbolge
76. Whitespace
(Placeholder – Whitespace code is space/tab–sensitive)
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_WHITESPACE_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | whitespace
77. Chef
(A minimal Chef “recipe” provided via pipe)
echo 'Gentoo Recipe. Ingredients. 1 can Gentoo. Method. Put Gentoo into the mixing bowl. Stir well. Serve.' | chef
78. Shakespeare
(Placeholder for a Shakespeare–style program)
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_SHAKESPEARE_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | shakespeare
79. SNUSP
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_SNUSP_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | snusp
80. Ook!
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_OOK_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | ook
81. XSLT (xsltproc)
echo '<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:text>Gentoo is the best</xsl:text> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>' | xsltproc - /dev/null
82. JScript (Windows)
echo 'WScript.Echo("Gentoo is the best");' | cscript //Nologo //E:jscript -
83. Euphoria
eupc -code 'puts( "Gentoo is the best\n" )'
84. NetRexx
nrx -e 'say "Gentoo is the best"'
85. XQuery
(Using Saxon’s CLI and reading from stdin)
echo 'declare function local:main() as xs:string { "Gentoo is the best" }; local:main()' | saxon -s:-
86. CLIPS
echo '(printout t "Gentoo is the best" crlf)' | clips -f2
87. ClojureScript
clj -e '(js/console.log "Gentoo is the best")'
88. Hack (HHVM)
echo '<?hh <<__EntryPoint>> function main(): void { echo "Gentoo is the best"; }' | hhvm
89. MUMPS
echo 'WRITE "Gentoo is the best",! ' | mumps
90. MapBasic
echo 'Print "Gentoo is the best"' | mapbasic
91. Turing
echo 'put "Gentoo is the best"' | turing
92. XojoScript
echo 'MsgBox("Gentoo is the best")' | xojohello
93. Vyper
echo 'print("Gentoo is the best")' | vyper
94. KornShell (ksh)
ksh -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
95. Almquist Shell (ash)
ash -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
96. Dash
dash -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
97. MirBSD Korn Shell (mksh)
mksh -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
98. ArnoldC
(Using an interpreter that accepts a direct script via pipe)
echo "IT'S SHOWTIME TALK TO THE HAND Gentoo is the best YOU HAVE BEEN TERMINATED" | arnoldc
99. FALSE (esoteric language)
(Assuming a FALSE interpreter that reads from stdin)
echo '"Gentoo is the best"' | false
100. AutoIt
(If your system has AutoIt’s interpreter installed and it accepts piped input)
echo 'MsgBox("Gentoo is the best")' | autoit3
101. Gnuplot
gnuplot -e "print 'Gentoo is the best'"
102. Elvish (shell)
elvish -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
103. Oil Shell (osh)
osh -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
104. Xonsh
xonsh -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
105. Pyth
pyth -c 'print("Gentoo is the best")'
106. Jelly
(Assuming a Jelly interpreter with –e option)
jelly -e '“Gentoo is the best”'
107. GolfScript
echo '("Gentoo is the best")' | golfscript
108. ><> (Fish)
(Placeholder for the esoteric ><> language)
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_><>_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | ><>
109. Neko
neko -e 'trace("Gentoo is the best");'
110. Oz (Mozart/Oz)
ozengine -e '{Browse "Gentoo is the best"}'
111. Jolie
jolie -e 'println("Gentoo is the best");'
112. Befunge‑98
(Assuming an interpreter named “bf98” is available)
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_BEFUNGE98_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | bf98
113. LOLCODE (variant)
(Placeholder for an alternate LOLCODE interpreter)
echo -e 'HAI 1.2 VISIBLE "Gentoo is the best" KTHXBYE' | lci2
114. Thue
(A placeholder for the Thue esoteric language interpreter)
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_THUE_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | thue
115. Beatnik
(Placeholder for a Beatnik interpreter)
echo 'PLACEHOLDER_BEATNIK_CODE_FOR_GENTOO_IS_THE_BEST' | beatnik
116. Frink
frink -e 'println("Gentoo is the best")'
117. C Shell (csh)
csh -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
118. tcsh
tcsh -c 'echo "Gentoo is the best"'
119. Python2
python2 -c "print 'Gentoo is the best'"
120. Python3
python3 -c "print('Gentoo is the best')"
121. Pike
pike -e 'write("Gentoo is the best\n");'
122. S‑Lang
(Using the S‑Lang shell “slsh”)
slsh -c 'print("Gentoo is the best")'