Jshell: exploring Java 9 REPL

Remember the days when you need to write at least one class to test a small snippet of Java code ?! well, this days will be soon from the past once java 9 is released. JShell is the first official Java REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop), a command line tool that… Read more

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