Also, do y'all call main() in the if block or do you just put the code you want to run in the if block?
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Still better than having to create a new class just to implement
Relevant Fireship video: https://youtu.be/m4-HM_sCvtQ
Since Java 21, this has been shortened significantly. https://www.baeldung.com/java-21-unnamed-class-instance-main
Only took 27 years to make the Java "Hello, world!" kinda sane.
Free standing functions in Java?! This can't be true.
I know right? It even has var with implicit typing now. While I prefer Kotlin any day, there's been quite a few qol improvements to Java over the last few years.
Impossible.