JEP proposed to target JDK 24: 495: Simple Source Files and Instance Main Methods (Fourth Preview)

[Mark Reinhold]

2024/11/6 9:45:56 -0500, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 24:
> 
>   495: Simple Source Files and Instance Main Methods (Fourth Preview)
>        https://openjdk.org/jeps/495
> 
>   Summary: Evolve the Java programming language so that beginners can
>   write their first programs without needing to understand language
>   features designed for large programs.  Far from using a separate
>   dialect of the language, beginners can write streamlined declarations
>   for single-class programs and then seamlessly expand their programs
>   to use more advanced features as their skills grow.  Experienced
>   developers can likewise enjoy writing small programs succinctly,
>   without the need for constructs intended for programming in the large.
>   This is a preview language feature.
> 
> Feedback on this proposal from JDK Project Committers and Reviewers [1]
> is more than welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections
> are raised by 20:00 UTC on Wednesday, 13 November, or if they’re raised
> and then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal
> [2] I’ll target this JEP to JDK 24.

Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 24.

- Mark