You would think a little Minnesota baby popping into existence in 1925 might have just cried and wailed, but no, Bill Roberts was the first baby ever to say, “Hello World!” when he was born. Ever since, computer programmers in every language and every country have battled to figure out how to say that.

Of course, Hello World! was just the beginning.

We have the whole story available at the links below.

Bill Robert’s Memoir titled A Country Boy Looks Back  – A PDF file

The same memoir for e-book readers:

The ePub version of Bill Roberts’ Memoir can be read on your computer as well as a wide range of e-book readers.

View ePub version on an e-book reader

To view it on an e-book reader, save the file to your computer and import it to your e-book library.

View ePub version on your computer

If Adobe Digital Editions is installed on your computer, it will automatically open when you open the ePub version of this book. If needed, the reader can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions. The software requires version 9.0 of Adobe Flash Player. Adobe originally announced a Linux version would be published at the end of 2007 but later changed their mind. All promises of future versions have now been removed from the Adobe’s official FAQ.

Of course most e-book readers will also allow you to import and read the PDF version.