Originally posted by Amit Ghorpade:
Hi, just for your reference, here
is the complete list of Java reserved words.
Not quite. It's the list of Java
keywords. All keywords are reserved words, but not all reserved words are keywords.
For instance, false, true and null are reserved words, but are not keywords.
Note that the term "reserved keyword", used by the original poster, is not a proper Java term. The proper Java terms are "keyword" and "reserved word".
Beginners may think that distinctions like this are just picky, but computer programming is not like ordinary communication. When you talk to a reasonably-bright human, they will work out what you mean, even if your language is a bit inexact. When you program a computer, if you don't get it exactly right, the computer will do nothing, or (worse) the wrong thing.
[ April 09, 2008: Message edited by: Peter Chase ]