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 # 'Hello, world!' in Chapel
 
-[Chapel](https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/) is a programming language for productive parallel computing. This repository contains starter code for a Chapel project. Please see the [Learning Chapel](https://chapel-lang.org/learning.html) page to learn more of the language's features.
+[Chapel](https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/) is a programming language for productive parallel computing. This repository is a simple starting point for Chapel in GitHub Codespaces, with runnable examples in [examples/](examples).
 
-To get started with this template, you can either use [GitHub Codespaces](#using-a-codespace) or [your own machine](#using-your-machine).
+> ⚠️ **Warning:** Codespaces runs in a virtualized environment with shared hardware and a modest core count. Performance and available parallelism in Codespaces are not representative of what you should expect on a native Chapel installation.
 
-For more code samples, consider trying out the [Primers](https://chapel-lang.org/docs/primers/),
-or the [many programs from a past Chapel tutorial](https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/tree/main/test/exercises/Oct2023tutorial).
+## Compile And Run In The Terminal
 
-## Using a Codespace
-
-> :warning: Because Codespaces are a virtualized environment running on shared hardware with a modest core count, don't expect parallelism or performance observed here to be reflective of what a native installation of Chapel can achieve.
-
-The `chapel-hello-world` repo includes a `devcontainer.json` file, making it usable from GitHub Codespaces. When viewing this repository from GitHub's UI, click __Use this template > Open in a codespace__ to get started. The codespace includes the Visual Studio Code extension for Chapel, and tools such as [`chpl-language-server`](https://chapel-lang.org/docs/main/tools/chpl-language-server/chpl-language-server.html) and [`chplcheck`](https://chapel-lang.org/docs/main/tools/chplcheck/chplcheck.html).
-
-In the Codespace, compile Chapel programs using the __Terminal__ tab by using the `chpl` compiler:
+Compile and run the main hello-world program:
 
 ```bash
 chpl hello.chpl
 ./hello
 ```
 
-Although the Codespace is set to a single-locale (single-node) mode by default, you can simulate multiple nodes by setting the `CHPL_COMM` environment variable to `gasnet` when compiling.
+Compile and run one of the included examples:
 
 ```bash
-# Compile a program that distributes computation to multiple nodes
-CHPL_COMM=gasnet chpl examples/hello4-datapar-dist.chpl
+chpl examples/hello3-datapar.chpl
+./hello3-datapar
+```
+
+## Simulated Distributed (Multi-Locale) Runs
+
+The Codespace defaults to single-locale mode (`CHPL_COMM=none`).
+
+To simulate multi-locale execution, compile with `CHPL_COMM=gasnet`:
 
-# Run hello using two simulated nodes
-./hello4-datapar-dist -nl 2 
+```bash
+CHPL_COMM=gasnet chpl examples/hello4-datapar-dist.chpl
+./hello4-datapar-dist -nl 2
 ```
 
-To avoid having to include `CHPL_COMM` in each compilation command, you can
-`export` it:
+Or export once per shell and compile as usual:
 
 ```bash
 export CHPL_COMM=gasnet
 chpl examples/hello4-datapar-dist.chpl
-./hello4-datapar-dist -nl 2 
+./hello4-datapar-dist -nl 2
 ```
 
-## Using Your Machine
+## Learn More And Try More Programs
 
-Please follow the instructions on the [Download Chapel](https://chapel-lang.org/download.html) page to get set up with the Chapel compiler `chpl`. From there, you can compile and run the `hello.chpl` file in this repository as follows:
-
-```bash
-chpl hello.chpl
-./hello
-```
+You can copy in additional examples from Chapel Primers or Chapel tutorial/example programs to explore more language features.
 
-To make use of multiple nodes (or to simulate multi-node execution), please
-refer to [Multilocale Chapel Execution](https://chapel-lang.org/docs/usingchapel/multilocale.html).
+- [Learning Chapel](https://chapel-lang.org/learning.html)
+- [Chapel Primers](https://chapel-lang.org/docs/primers/)
+- [Chapel tutorial examples](https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/tree/main/test/exercises/Oct2023tutorial)
+- [Multilocale Chapel Execution](https://chapel-lang.org/docs/usingchapel/multilocale.html)
+- [Download Chapel](https://chapel-lang.org/download.html)