This article makes a good point about Java's main method. Its privileged status makes it a fine starting point for reasoning about a program. However, it would be better if its signature encapsulated all the inputs to your program: not just args, but env vars and I/O streams too.https://twitter.com/adamwarski/status/963768358821859328 …
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Replying to @propensive
Yeah, agree. I think of main() as part of the runtime. All it does is gather all the environmental bits that it needs to construct and execute the "real" program
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Replying to @tpolecat @propensive
I like to think of it as "the end of the world" as so many FP folk like to put it
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