Challenge Question (from my declined quizzes) - Guess the output. Don't use playground!

Question

No cheating here. Make an honest attempt at guessing this. What is the output of the following code:
public class Curiosity {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.print("A curiosity ");
http: //www.google.com
System.out.print("compiler OK");
}
}
a. Exception
b. Error
c. compiler OK
d. A curiosity compiler OK
First to get the correct answer AND correctly explain why the answer is correct wins.

Answer 1

This would be made clear with a basic intro to computer science or engineering course but I digress...
http: is a label, used for goto statements​ and branches. Labels​, like comments, are ignored by the compiler.
//www.google.com is a comment. Pretty self explanatory there.
Thus the answer is d.

Answer 2

Output :
A curiosity compiler OK (?)
Reason :
because of // in http://, www.google.com works as a comment in the entire program. Allowing both the outputs to be printed....(?)

Answer 3

There's a point I got :
What's the answer if we change http: to any other name like dhhj: ? Would it work?

Answer 4

I'm going for d too because the "jumping goto statement thing" is there but never "called" so I reckon it can be ignored in this case.
(I know the //www.google.com bit is definitely ignored because it's a comment)

Answer 5

and what if we don't put a : after http?

Answer 6

So, now we're gonna report it to them? 😂
Add label: to the Java course...

Answer 7

Adding onto what @Sachin and @Steven have said, the (word): is like a goto statement except that you don't go to it, you go to the line after it (if that makes sense)

Answer 8

An interesting note: these types of questions tend to pop up in interview settings. Hence why I took the time posting them

Answer 9

http: in here looks like goto statement we use in C,
if there exists a goto statement in java also, then the code will run perfectly, else syntax error (Which I thought at first sight).
But in java, break is used in place of goto.
Check-
http://www.aboutcodes.com/2012/07/goto-statement-in-java-with-example.html?m=1

Answer 10

Wow no one has gotten this completely right so far. And only one person has even guessed the output 😢 (wrong but still guess)

Answer 11

The closest to the right answer so far is Sachin, but it is not quite a goto statement mate. 😉

Answer 12

That's exactly what I'm ​saying 😎

Answer 13

the answer is the option d because the http //www.Google.com is treated as comment and it is not executed and system prints the output as option d

Answer 14

I thought this would not be that difficult honestly, but I guess it shows how these courses skip over key ideas needed for a true computer science education.

Answer 15

I posted a lot of these types of questions that actually get into real CS not just assess the math ability. All but one got declined thus far and I am not reposting them

Answer 16

Okay we're getting somewhere... the answer is d, and there is a comment in the line which many of you have said is //www.google.com 👍
But this is NOT a comment: http: //what is this? 😎

Answer 17

@Sachin I specifically was looking for both terms: label and comment 😉

Answer 18

You can try, but every language needs to discuss it @Dayve 😎

Answer 19

@TheRedSpy I explain it fully up above, but your guess is correct

Answer 20

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