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/**
 * This is a hello world app loosely following Oracle's Tutorial.
 * @see <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/getStarted/cupojava/netbeans.html">
 * "Hello World!" for the NetBeans IDE</a>
 */
public class HelloWorld {

    /** 
     * This is the function (or method) executed when we run this program.
     *    
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello World!");        
    }

}