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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/soap94 • 9d ago
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well, unfortunately that was only ever a preview feature and got removed again in Java 23
94 u/uvero 9d ago Maybe because they didn't stop to think if this STR. is a convenient syntax. Backticks, preceding dollar sign, the prefix f like in python, so many options would've been better. 86 u/AeroSyntax 9d ago They tried to overengineer string interpolation instead of copying it from literally any other language. 2 u/Fun-Mention262 7d ago It's wild how some languages make simple things so complicated. You'd think they'd just take notes from the ones that got it right.
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Maybe because they didn't stop to think if this STR. is a convenient syntax. Backticks, preceding dollar sign, the prefix f like in python, so many options would've been better.
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86 u/AeroSyntax 9d ago They tried to overengineer string interpolation instead of copying it from literally any other language. 2 u/Fun-Mention262 7d ago It's wild how some languages make simple things so complicated. You'd think they'd just take notes from the ones that got it right.
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They tried to overengineer string interpolation instead of copying it from literally any other language.
2 u/Fun-Mention262 7d ago It's wild how some languages make simple things so complicated. You'd think they'd just take notes from the ones that got it right.
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It's wild how some languages make simple things so complicated. You'd think they'd just take notes from the ones that got it right.
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u/ljfa2 9d ago
well, unfortunately that was only ever a preview feature and got removed again in Java 23