why public for main

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> ">" == amroz kamal siddiqui <kamalamroz@rediffmail.com> writes:

>>            Iam  a newbie in java, I just have a simple and a very
>> annoying ( at least to me ) question.  Why do we use the keyword
>> public for the main method ?
>> eg.
>>      public static void main(String arg[])

It is conventional, that's all.

>> but the following does not work,
>>      void main(String arg[])

In this case main is an instance method, meaning it requires an object
reference to call.  Java will only call a static main method.  I don't
know the rationale here; maybe just for simplicity's sake.

Tom