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by Al__Dante 4340 days ago
The first use I know of that gained wide recognition was in Kernighan and Ritchie's "The C Programming Language" from 1978.

"1.1 Getting Started The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it. The first program to write is the same for all languages: Print the words hello, world"

I find it interesting, because K&R seem to assume that this was already a standard approach, and also because of the comma after hello. In my first attempt in a new language, I don't think I would be paying that much attention to grammar...