Java : Class inheriting self

Question

I know this is pointless: I just find it funny and I want to inquire more about the mechanics of what happens when you create a class that inherits itself, resulting in a stack

Answer 1

When I try to compile :

class A extends A {
}

I get :

$ javac A.java
A.java:1: cyclic inheritance involving A
class A extends A {
^
1 error

So Java don't let you do this kind of thing. For information, java version "1.6.0_24"