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== Purpose ==

The '''Arch is the best''' project is a very sophisticated and exquisite, ego-boosting and mind-blowing (albeit perhaps a bit over-engineered) project which aims to prove Arch's superiority.

== History ==

The project was initiated in April 2008 by long time Arch community member [https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=2529 lucke] as a simple shell script which provided irrefutable proof that "Arch is the best".  Over the following weeks, this project gathered momentum and was ported to multiple different languages, both programming and verbal.

== Install ==

A sample PKGBUILD has been uploaded to AUR called {{aur|archbest-mod1}}.

== The Code ==

The "Arch is the best" project is ported to many programming languages.


'''Ada''' - A systems critical programming language.
 with Ada.Text_IO;
 use Ada.Text_IO;
 procedure ArchIsTheBest is
 begin
    Put_Line("Arch is the best!");
 end HelloWorld;

'''ATS''' - A functional programming language that uses dependent types to improve programs' reliability.
 implement main () = println! "Arch is the best!"

'''Awk''' - A data-driven programming language designed for processing text-based data.
 BEGIN {
    print "Arch is the best!"
 }


'''Befunge''' - Believed to be the first two-dimensional, ASCII-based, general-purpose (in the sense of "you could plausibly write Hunt the Wumpus in it") programming language.
 <v"Arch is the best!"0
  <,_@#:


'''Bourne shell''' - The original program, should be compatible with any shell.
 #!/bin/sh
 echo "Arch is the best!"


'''Bourne shell (Alternate)''' - Handy for piping the output to your favourite IRC/email/IM client. Should work with any shell.
 #!/bin/sh
 yes Arch is the best!


'''Bourne shell (Dynamically updated)'''
<pre style='overflow:auto'>
 #!/bin/bash
 wget http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_is_the_best -qO-| sed -n ':b;n;s/id="Translations"//;Tb;:d;n;s/id="See_also"//;t;p;bd'|sed '/<i>.*<\/i>/d;s/<[^>]*>//g'|sed 'N;s/\n/: /;N;N;s/\n//g'
</pre>


'''brainfuck''' - Doesn't the language name explain it?
 ++>++++++>+++++<+[>[->+<]<->++++++++++<]>>.<[-]>[-<++>]
 <----------------.---------------.+++++.<+++[-<++++++++++>]<.
 >>+.++++++++++.<<.>>+.------------.---.<<.>>---.
 +++.++++++++++++++.+.<<+.[-]++++++++++.


'''C''' - Note the three space indenting used in this project, much like that used by other superior beings.
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 int main(void) 
 {
    puts("Arch is the best!");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }


'''C#''' - Intended to be a simple, modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language.
 using System;
 public class ArchIsTheBest
 {
    static public void Main ()
    {
       Console.WriteLine ("Arch is the best!");
    }
 }


'''C++'''  - Arch == Linux++
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cstdlib>
 int main ()
 {
    std::cout << "Arch is the best!" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }


'''CoffeeScript''' -  A programming language that transcompiles to JavaScript.
 alert 'Arch is the best!'


'''Clojure''' - A Lisp dialect that runs on the JVM.
 (def translations {"english" "Arch is the best!",
                    "german" "Arch ist das Beste!",
                    "australian" "Arch is fair dinkum, mate!",
                    "h4x0r" "arhc 51 7he be57!",
                    "spanish" "¡Arch es el mejor!"})
  
 (defn read-choice []
   (println "\nAvailable languages: ")
   (doall (map #(println (key %)) translations))
   (print "Enter language or Ctrl-c: ") (flush)
   (translations (read-line) :badinput))
  
 (defn arch-is-the-best []
   (loop [choice (read-choice)]
     (case choice
       :badinput (do (print "\nBad input!\n")
                     (recur (read-choice)))
       (do (print "\n" choice "\n")
           (recur (read-choice))))))
or
 (def translations {"english" "Arch is the best!",
                    "german" "Arch ist das Beste!",
                    "australian" "Arch is fair dinkum, mate!",
                    "h4x0r" "arhc 51 7he be57!",
                    "spanish" "¡Arch es el mejor!"
                    "street" "Arch iz da shizzle ma nizzle"})
 (while 1
   (println "\nPick a language:\n" (map #(key %) translations) "\n language: ")
   (println (translations (read-line) "Not a valid language")))


or
 (prn "Arch is the best!")

'''Common Lisp''' - Tested on SBCL, feel free to add more of the translations.
 #!/usr/bin/sbcl --script
 (defparameter *best-list* '((English "Arch is the best!")
  			     (Chinese "Arch, 她出类拔萃!")
 			     (German "Arch ist das Beste!")
 			     (Greek "Το Arch είναι το καλύτερο!")))
 (defun aitb ()
   (format t "Available languages: ~{~{~@(~a~)~*~}~^, ~}.~%" *best-list*)
   (loop for input = (progn (format t "~&Input the desired language, (or 'quit'): ~%")
                            (force-output)
                            (read-line))
      if (string-equal input "quit")
      do (loop-finish)
      else
      do (let ((language-def
                (assoc input *best-list*
                       :key (lambda (lang) (symbol-name lang))
                       :test #'string-equal)))
           (if language-def
               (format t "~&~A~%" (second language-def))
               (format t "~&Invalid language.~%"))))
   (format t "~&May the Arch be with you!~%"))
 (aitb)


'''Common Lisp (Alternate)''' - Should run on any implementation (Clisp, Allegro, SBCL...)
 (princ "Arch is the best!")


'''Dart''' - Google's javascript killer
  main(){
    print('Arch is the best');
  }


'''Erlang''' - A concurrent, garbage-collected programming language and runtime system.
 -module(arch).
 -export([is_the_best/0]).
    is_the_best() -> io:fwrite("Arch is the best!\n").

Or using message passing between processes

  -module(arch).
  -export([ultimate_question/0,the_answer/0]).
  the_answer() ->
      receive
          {Client,who_is_the_best} ->
              Client ! {self(),"Arch is the best!"};
          {Client,_} ->
              Client ! {self(),"Taco Taco Taco!"}
      end,
      the_answer().
  ultimate_question() ->
      Pid = spawn(arch,the_answer,[]),
      Pid ! {self(),who_is_the_best},
      receive
          {Pid,Response} -> io:format("~s~n",[Response])
      end.




'''Forth''' - Stack-based language.
 ." Arch is the best" cr -- kiss way

'''Fortran95'''
 program arch
    print *,"Arch is the best!"
 end program arch

'''Genie''' - A new programming language, that allows for a more modern programming style while being able to effortlessly create and use GObjects natively. 
 init
 	print "Arch is the best"


'''Gjs''' - A Javascript binding for GNOME. It's mainly based on Spidermonkey javascript engine and the GObject introspection framework.
 #!/usr/bin/env gjs
 print ('Arch is the best');


'''Go''' - A language created by Google that's a love child between C, C++ and Python.
 package main
 
 import "fmt"
 
 func main() {
 	fmt.Println("Arch is the best!")
 }


'''Haskell''' - The language where IO is easy and unproblematic.
 main = putStrLn "Arch is the best!"


'''HTML''' - A markup language used to create and define web pages and their content.
<pre>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang='en'>
   <head>
      <title>Arch is the best!</title>
   </head>
   <body>
       <p>Arch is the best!</p>
   </body>
</html>
</pre>

'''Io'''
 "Arch is the best!" println


'''Java''' - An extremely portable language, this will run on pretty much anything, it might even run on your toaster!
 public class ArchIsTheBest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Arch is the best!");
    }
 }


'''JavaScript''' - Also known as ECMAScript, a prototype-based object-oriented scripting language. 
 console.log('Arch is the best!');


'''JavaScript (in a web browser)'''
 alert('Arch is the best!');


'''LilyPond''' - A powerful music engraving program with an intuitive LaTeX-like input language.
 \version "2.12.3"
 \include "english.ly"
 \header { title = "Arch is the best!" }
 \score
 {
    <<
       \relative c' { c4 e g c \bar "||" }
       \addlyrics   { Arch is the best! }
    >>
 }


'''LOLCODE''' - Why not?
 HAI
 CAN HAS STDIO?
 VISIBLE "ARCH IS TEH PWNZ LOL!"
 KTHXBYE


'''Lua''' - A lightweight, extensible programming language.
 print "Arch is the best!"


'''Nasm(x86_64) (or yasm)''' - The Netwide Assembler

 ;nasm -f elf64 arch.asm
 ;ld -o arch arch.o
 ;./arch
 
 section .text
 global _start
 _start:
 mov edx,len
 mov ecx,msg
 mov ebx,1
 mov eax,4
 int 0x80
 xor ebx,ebx
 mov eax,1
 int 0x80
 msg: db "Arch is the best!",10
 len equ $-msg


'''Nimrod''' - Portable lightweight programming language.
 echo "Arch is the best!"


'''Objective-C''' - A reflective, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language.
 NSLog(@"Arch is the best!");


'''OCaml''' - The main implementation of the Caml programming language.
 print_endline "Arch is the best!"

'''Octave''' - High-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations.
 printf("Arch is the best!\n")

'''Perl''' - A high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language.
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 print "Arch is the best!\n";


'''PHP''' - A general-purpose scripting language.
 <?php
    echo "Arch is the best!\n";
 ?> 


'''Pixilang''' - Make me pixels.
 print("Arch is the best!",0,0,#1897D1)
 frame


'''Portable GNU assembler''' - as -o arch.o arch.s && ld -o arch -O0 arch.o

    .section .data
 archIsBest:	
    .ascii 	"Arch is the best!\n"
 archIsBest_len:
    .long 	. - archIsBest
    .section .text
    .globl _start
 _start:
    xorl %ebx, %ebx
    movl $4, %eax	
    xorl %ebx, %ebx
    incl %ebx	
    leal archIsBest, %ecx
    movl archIsBest_len, %edx	
    int $0x80	
    xorl %eax, %eax
    incl %eax
    xorl %ebx, %ebx	
    int $0x80


'''Processing''' - An open source programming language and IDE built for the electronic arts and visual design.
 println("Arch is the best!");


'''Prolog''' - A general purpose logic programming language associated with artificial intelligence and computational linguistics.
 format('Arch is the best~n',[]).

 
'''Python''' - A general-purpose high-level programming language.
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 print('Arch is the best!')


'''QBASIC''' - An interpreter for a variant of the BASIC programming language which is based on QuickBASIC.
 PRINT "Arch is the best!"


'''R''' - A language for statistical computing (and much more!).
 archIsBest <- function() { cat("Arch is the best!\n") }
 archIsBest()


'''Ruby''' - A dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language.
 #!/usr/bin/ruby -w
 puts 'Arch is the best!'


'''Scala''' - A multi paradigm language that runs on the JVM
  object ArchIsBest extends App {
      println("Arch is the best!")
  } 



'''Scheme''' - A dialect of Lisp.
 (display "Arch is the best!\n")


'''Seed''' - A library and interpreter, dynamically bridging the WebKit JavaScriptCore engine, with the GNOME platform.
 #!/usr/bin/env seed
 print ('Arch is the best');


'''Shoes''' - A Ruby version using Shoes for a GUI
 Shoes.app :width => 135, :height => 30 do 
     para "Arch is the Best!"
 end


'''SQL''' - Structured Query Language, the query language for relational databases
 SELECT 'Arch is the best!';
 SELECT 'Arch is the best!' from dual; -- for Oracle DB


'''Standard ML''' - A general-purpose, modular, functional programming language with compile-time type checking and type inference.
 print "Arch is the best!\n"


'''Tcl/Tk''' - A scripting language that is commonly used for rapid prototyping, scripted applications, GUIs and testing.
 #!/usr/bin/env tclsh
 puts "Arch is the best!"


'''Vala''' - "Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C"
 void main(string[] args) {
 stdout.printf("\nArch is the best!\n\n");
 }


''' Wiring (Arduino)''' - Built on Processing, the open source programming language developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 void setup() 
 {
    Serial.begin(9600);    
 }
 void loop() 
 { 
    Serial.print("Arch is the best!");
 }


''' X11 ''' - X11 is an architecture independent system for display of graphical user interfaces.
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 
 int main()
 {
        Display *d;
        Window w;
        XEvent e;
        int s;
 
        if (!(d = XOpenDisplay(NULL))) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't open display, but Arch is the best!\n");
                exit(1);
        }
 
        s = DefaultScreen(d);
        w = XCreateSimpleWindow(d, RootWindow(d,s), 0, 0, 110, 20, 0, 
                                0, WhitePixel(d,s));
        XSelectInput(d, w, ExposureMask | KeyPressMask);
        XMapWindow(d,w);
 
        while (1) {
                XNextEvent(d, &e);
                if (e.type == Expose) {
                        XDrawString(d, w, DefaultGC(d, s), 5, 15, "Arch is the best!", 17);
                }
        }
 
        XCloseDisplay(d);
        return 0;
 }

==Translations==
'''Arabic'''
 ارتش هو الأفضل

'''Australian'''
 Arch is fair dinkum, mate!

'''Bahasa Indonesia'''
 Arch terbaik!

'''Basque'''
 Arch onena da!

'''Belarusian'''
 Арч - самы лепшы!

'''Bengali'''
 আর্চ সবচেয়ে ভালো!

'''Binary ASCII'''
 0100000101110010011000110110100000100000011010010111001100100000011101000110100001100101001000000110001001100101011100110111010000100001

'''British'''
 Arch is simply spiffing.

'''Bulgarian'''
 Арч е най-добрият!

'''Catalan'''
 Arch és el millor!

'''Chinese (Simplified)'''
 Arch 最棒了！

'''Ancient Chinese'''
 阿祺，盡善矣。

'''Chinese (Taobao Style - 淘宝体)'''
 Arch，好评哦，亲！

'''Czech'''
 Arch je nejlepší!

'''Danish'''
 Arch er bedst!

'''Desrever (Reversed)'''
 !tseb eht si hcrA

'''Dutch'''
 Arch is de beste!

'''Esperanto'''
 Arch plejbonas!

'''Estonian'''
 Arch on parim!

'''Finnish'''
 Arch on paras!

'''Filipino'''
 Mabuhay ang Arch!

'''French'''
 Arch est le meilleur!

'''Galician'''
 Arch é o mellor!

'''German'''
 Arch ist das Beste!

'''Greek'''
 Το Arch είναι το καλύτερο!

'''h4x0r'''
 Arch 15 7h3 b357!

'''Hantec'''
 Arch je nejbetélnější!

'''Hebrew'''
 ארצ' זה הכי אחי!

'''Hexadecimal ASCII'''
 4172636820697320746865206265737421

'''Hindi'''
 आर्ख सब से अच्छा है ।

'''Hungarian'''
 Az Arch a legjobb!

'''Irish'''
 Arch é is fearr!

'''Italian'''
 Arch è il migliore!

'''Japanese'''
 Archが一番ですよ！

'''Kazakh'''
 Арч - ең жақсы!

'''Latin'''
 Arch optimus est!

'''Latvian'''
 Arch ir labākais!

'''Lithuanian'''
 Arch yra geriausias!

'''Marathi'''
 आर्च सगळ्यात भारी आहे!

'''Norwegian'''
 Arch er best!

'''Pig Latin'''
 Archway isway ethay estbay!

'''Polish'''
 Arch jest najlepszy!

'''Portuguese'''
 Arch é o melhor!

'''Québécois'''
 Arch est le plus meilleure du monde!

'''Romanian'''
 Аrch e cel mai bun!

'''Russian'''
 Арч - лучший!

'''Serbian'''
 Arch je najbolji!

'''Singaporean'''
 Arch the best lah!

'''Slovenian'''
 Arch je najboljši!

'''Spanish'''
 ¡Arch es el mejor!

'''Spanish (Argentina)'''
- AKA ''"Casteshano"''
 Arch es una mazza!!

'''Swedish'''
 Arch är bäst!

'''Fikonspråket'''
 Firch Arkon fir äkon fist bäkon

'''Turkish'''
 Arch en iyisidir!

'''Tamil'''
 ஆர்ச்சே சிறந்தது!

'''Telugu'''
 ఆర్చ్ ఉత్తమమైనది!

'''Ukrainian'''
 Arch є найкращий!

'''Vietnamese'''
 Arch là tốt nhất!

'''Morse Code'''
 ..- -... ..- -. - ..-   .. ...   - .... .   -... . ... -

'''Braille'''
 ⠁⠗⠉⠓⠀⠊⠎⠀⠮⠀⠃⠑⠎⠞⠲

'''Base64'''
 QXJjaCBpcyB0aGUgYmVzdCEK

'''URL Encoded'''
 Arch%20is%20the%20best!

'''ROT13'''
 Nepu vf gur orfg!

'''Upside Down'''
 ¡ʇsǝq ǝɥʇ s! ɥɔɹ∀

'''Welsh (Cymraeg)'''

Emphasis on being the best (one):
 Yr orau un yw Arch!
 Y gorau un yw Arch!
Emphasis on Arch:
 Arch sydd yr orau un!
 Arch sydd y gorau un!

== See also ==

* [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=47306 forum Thread]