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Re: Surprise!

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On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:28:50 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:

> Write this:
> 
> public final class A { public static void main( final java.lang.String[]
> args )
>   { B.hello(); }}
> 
> public final class B { public static void hello()
>   { java.lang.System.out.println( "Hello!" ); }}
> 
>   and save it as "Main.java". Then call:
> 
> java Main.java
> 
>   with a recent JDK. What you have there is a file named "Main.java"
>   that does /not/ contain a class "Main", and it has /two/ public
>   classes. Yet, the above command will happily print,
> 
> Hello!
> 
>
Not with the latest Open JDK 1.8 it doesn't: this just complains the A 
should be on A.java and B should be in B.java

Maybe later Java versions removed the "ClassName == ClassName.java" and 
"public static void main(String[])" requirements to make scripting easier?


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