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@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ that run on the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Smart contracts are programs that are
network where nobody has special authority over the execution, and thus they allow to implement tokens of value,
ownership, voting and other kinds of logics.
When deploying contracts, you should use the latest released version of Solidity. This is because breaking changes as well as new features and bug fixes are introduced regularly. We currently use a 0.x version number [to indicate this fast pace of change](https://semver.org/#spec-item-4).
When deploying contracts, you should use the latest released version of
Solidity. This is because breaking changes as well as new features and bug fixes are
introduced regularly. We currently use a 0.x version
number [to indicate this fast pace of change](https://semver.org/#spec-item-4).
## Build and Install
Instructions about how to build and install the Solidity compiler can be found in the [Solidity documentation](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-solidity.html#building-from-source).
Instructions about how to build and install the Solidity compiler can be
found in the [Solidity documentation](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-solidity.html#building-from-source).
## Example
@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ Instructions about how to build and install the Solidity compiler can be found i
A "Hello World" program in Solidity is of even less use than in other languages, but still:
```solidity
pragma solidity ^0.5.0;
pragma solidity ^0.6.0;
contract HelloWorld {
function helloWorld() external pure returns (string memory) {
@ -60,7 +64,8 @@ Please follow the
[Developers Guide](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html)
if you want to help.
You can find our current feature and bug priorities for forthcoming releases [in the projects section](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/projects).
You can find our current feature and bug priorities for forthcoming
releases [in the projects section](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/projects).
## Maintainers
* [@axic](https://github.com/axic)