New Candidate JEP: 445: Flexible Main Methods and Anonymous Main Classes (Preview)

[Iris Clark]

The following JEP with scope "SE" has been moved to the Candidate state:

  445: Flexible Main Methods and Anonymous Main Classes (Preview)
       https://openjdk.org/jeps/445

    Summary: Evolve the Java language so that students can write their
    first programs without needing to understand language features designed
    for large programs. Far from using a separate dialect of Java, students
    can write streamlined declarations for single-class programs and then
    seamlessly expand their programs to use more advanced features as their
    skills grow. This is a preview language feature.

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Thanks,
Iris