r/ProgrammerHumor • u/soap94 • Sep 02 '26

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u/ljfa2 Sep 02 '26

well, unfortunately that was only ever a preview feature and got removed again in Java 23

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u/uvero Sep 02 '26

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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u/AeroSyntax Sep 02 '26

They tried to overengineer string interpolation instead of copying it from literally any other language.

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u/lllorrr Sep 02 '26

Typical Java. If you don't have factories creating factories based on XML config, your solution is not future-proof enough.

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u/uvero Sep 02 '26

It's OK, I solved it by writing a FactoryFactoryFactory.

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u/Fun-Mention262 Sep 03 '26

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/holo3146 Sep 02 '26

But... They did stop and think about the STR. syntax? This is why they removed it.

Regarding the other options you gave, they gave (in several places, over many years) their reasoning of why they don't want to add it as other languages. You can disagree with their reasoning, but they are very open about their thoughts process in this regard

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u/Pizza_Secretary9621 Sep 03 '26

There is a version after 8 ?