Why the awkward Design of System.out?

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Published on 2009-04-07T11:51:16Z Indexed on 2010/05/15 2:24 UTC
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Has anyone got an idea regarding the motivation behind the awkward design of the java.lang.System.out?

Awkwardness:
First, the out member is exposed (Encapsulation anyone?).
Second, it is final but can be changed via setOut() (contradicts final).

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