Launching an application from another application using thread

The code snippet below shows how to launch an application from another application using threads.

Code:

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public class Program2 {
    public static void main(String arg[]) {
        System.out.println("Hello from Program2");
    }
}
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public class Program1a {
    public static void main(String arg[]) {
        System.out.println("Hello from Program1a");
        new Thread(){
            public void run() {
                Program2.main(new String[]{});}
                }.start();
    }

}

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