What is the output of the following code snippet?

3: int x = 1, y = 15;
4: while x < 10
5: y––;
6: x++;
7: System.out.println(x+", "+y);

❌ A. 10, 5
❌ B. 10, 6
❌ C. 11, 5
❌ D. The code will not compile because of line 3.
✅ E. The code will not compile because of line 4.
❌ F. The code contains an infinite loop and does not terminate.

Explanation:
This is actually a much simpler problem than it appears to be. The while statement on line 4 is missing parentheses, so the code will not compile, and option E is the correct answer. If the parentheses were added, though, option F would be the correct answer since the loop does not use curly braces to include x++ and the boolean expression never changes. Finally, if curly braces were added around both expressions, the output would be 10, 6 and option B would be correct.