What's the point of the "finally" block? Isn't it functionally equivalent to everything after the try { } clause?

No, not really. A finally clause is always executed, even if an exception is not handled in a catch clause. The code after the try would not be executed in that case.

If try or catch block throws exception, then it is not equivalent to the code appearing after the try block

Think of it like a cleanup block to tear down anything that might have been tried

Ok I didn't know that thanks

Save for a hard crash, forcibly exiting the application, etc. you have an iron clad guarantee that the finally block in question will *always* run (even if you return from the method in the try block, or an unhandled exception is thrown in the try block.

Others explained it but for uses I can think of

- releasing a mutex lock or similar
- properly closing file streams or network sockets
- making a backup save of the users data so it won't be lost in case of a full crash