diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+hello.beam
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+.PHONY: erl_compile erl_run clean
+
+erl_compile:
+	erlc hello.erl
+
+erl_run: erl_compile
+	erl -noshell -s hello start -s init stop
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.beam
diff --git a/hello.erl b/hello.erl
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+% Stephan Wehner (2025)
+% Erlang
+% https://www.erlang.org/
+%
+% Usage:
+% $ erlc hello.erl
+% $ erl -noshell -s hello start -s init stop
+-module(hello).
+-export([start/0]).
+
+start() ->
+    Input = io:get_line("What is your name? "),
+    Name = string:strip(Input, right, $\n),
+    io:format("Hello, ~s!~n", [Name]).