Why is the Java main method static?

Question

The method signature of a Java main() method is:

public static void main(String[] args){
    ...
}

Is the

Answer 1

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• Why a static main method in Java and C#, rather than a constructor?

  Looking for a definitive answer from a primary or secondary source for why did (notably) Java and C# decide to have a static method as their entry point – rather than representing an application instance by an instance of an Application class, with the entry point being an appropriate constructor?

TL;DR part of the accepted answer is,

In Java, the reason of public static void main(String[] args) is that

1. Gosling wanted
2. the code written by someone experienced in C (not in Java)
3. to be executed by someone used to running PostScript on NeWS

 
For C#, the reasoning is transitively similar so to speak. Language designers kept the program entry point syntax familiar for programmers coming from Java. As C# architect Anders Hejlsberg puts it,

...our approach with C# has simply been to offer an alternative... to Java programmers...

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