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To give Java and programming beginners a better learning path, JEP 445 proposes to allow standalone main methods that are nonpublic, nonstatic, and don t have an args array, so the shortest possible Java program is just void main(). We re also looking at the JEP draft for Launch MultiFile SourceCode Programs what builds out the late section of the onramp by allowing the Java launcher to inmemory compile and launch multiple source files, even with dependencies. JEP 445 JEP draft Design document