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		cutler on March 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kotlin Compiler Crash Course Yeah, right, so why do I still have to escape regex metacharacters in Java in 2021? That's just so 1988.

The_rationalist on March 16, 2021 [–]

You don't have to, java support raw strings. But yeah Kotlin is far superior, denying it is only proof of partial knowledge/ignorance.

cutler on March 17, 2021 | [–]

Raw strings don't apply to regexen. You still have to escape the metacharacaters.

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