Why should the first letter of a Java class be upper-cased?

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SKADIN picture SKADIN · Aug 14, 2012 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

Why should the first letter of a Java class be upper-cased? Is it not possible to run a program containing lower-cased class names? If it is possible, what's the difference?

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MadProgrammer picture MadProgrammer · Aug 14, 2012

It's a coding convention, adopted by most Java programs. It makes reading code easier as you become use to a given standard.

No, you don't have to follow it, but you won't make any friends by not doing so ;)

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