@jussipekonen All good questions, of course. On its face, it seems we should be using something just a bit more modern. That said, I thought stuff like [Backus Naur Form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus%E2%80%93Naur_Form) was invented to torture unsuspecting Computer Science students[1. I have a footnote to this effect in the two books I wrote] and the continued use of Java may be just another form of that. :P

@jussipekonen All good questions, of course. On its face, it seems we should be using something just a bit more modern. That said, I thought stuff like Backus Naur Form [en.wikipedia.org] was invented to torture unsuspecting Computer Science students¹ and the continued use of Java may be just another form of that. :P

I have a footnote to this effect in the two books I wrote

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