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On 13/06/2012 4:45 PM, Daniel Pitts wrote:
> I saw a challenge Roedy posted on cljh, and I thought I might have a
> slightly more interesting one.
>
> Write a Java program which outputs "Hello World" followed by a new line
> (and nothing else).
>
> Now, do it using as few characters in the .java source code as possible.
>
> I've got mine down to 61 characters. See if you can match that.

class X{static{System.out.println("Hello World");for(;;);}}

is 59 characters.

Hey, you didn't say it has to actually *terminate*! ;)

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