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Java: One of the Most Practical Languages to Learn Java is the second most popular programming language, and it's the language taught in Stanford's renowned (and free) Intro to CS programming course.

Java would become easier for students to learn under a proposal to introduce flexible main methods and anonymous main classes to the language.