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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hello sailor!</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hell-desk.html" title="hell desk"/><link rel="next" href="hello-world.html" title="hello world"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hello sailor!</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hell-desk.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hello-world.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hello-sailor-"/><dt xmlns="" id="hello-sailor-"><b>hello sailor!</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">interj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Occasional West Coast equivalent of
<a href="hello-world.html"><i class="glossterm">hello world</i></a>; seems to have originated at SAIL, later associated with
the game <a href="../Z/Zork.html"><i class="glossterm">Zork</i></a> (which also included &#8220;<span class="quote">hello,
aviator</span>&#8221; and &#8220;<span class="quote">hello, implementor</span>&#8221;). Originally from
the traditional hooker's greeting to a swabbie fresh off the boat, of
course. The standard response is &#8220;<span class="quote">Nothing happens here.</span>&#8221;; of
all the Zork/Dungeon games, only in Infocom's Zork 3 is &#8220;<span class="quote">Hello,
Sailor</span>&#8221; actually useful (excluding the unique situation where
_knowing_ this fact is important in Dungeon...).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hell-desk.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hello-world.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">hell desk </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> hello world</td></tr></table></div></body></html>