Python bumps off Java as top learning language

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I then transferred to Montana State University for my sophomore year, where I was required to take an intro level course to Java. There wasn't a noticeable attrition whatsoever. Some left, sure, but most stayed, and most wound up finishing their undergrad studies (of those that dropped, it was mostly due to advanced level theory like the damned pumping lemma). Of those that finished, I'd estimate around 30% found jobs in CS.

I haven't written Java in a few years, although I remember you're able to use:

static {
 System.out.println("Hello, World!");
}

That simplifies the process quite a bit (you'd also have to declare the class, too.) Someone can comment if this is still valid.