JEP 330

[Cay Horstmann]

I noticed that JEP 330 is proposed for Java 11. I am all for having support
for "shebang" in shell scripts, but as an educator, I object to the
characterization that the JEP will contribute to easing the Java learning
curve--which is spelled out in the motivation of the JEP. In its current
form, it will not. And there are better ways to modify javac that would be
helpful.

If the "single file" rule were removed, and students would never have to
use javac, sure. But having yet another trivia fact ("You can omit javac
with a single source file") is not helpful. I put some thoughts into
http://horstmann.com/unblog/2018-05-30/index.html

Cheers,

Cay
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