My java code has an obvious error. Why does it compile and run?

Question

public class HelloWorld {     public static void main (String args[]){         System.out.println ("Hello ");         http://www.google.com         System.out.println ("World!");     } } 

The above code is just compiling and executing fine. Why the compiler is not reporting any error?

Answer 1

The http: is a Label Statement. See here also.

The //www.google.com portion is then interpreted as a // comment.