Why is the first thing you learn in programming - displaying the phrase "Hello world!" and not some other?

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Display the following phrase "Hello world" is nothing more than a tribute to tradition. This phrase was quoted in the book "The C.I. programming language" by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, published in 1978.

It's also worth understanding that writing a program that outputs the phrase "Hello World" gives the learner an understanding of the key points of the programming language, chief among which is the basic structure of the program

Why is the first thing you learn in programming - displaying the phrase "Hello world!" and not some other?

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