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Shai Almog
Yak Barber, duck whisperer, hunter of bugs, feeder of dogs, heap climber, stack explorer and rider of shells
Great post!
Also I think the reason is to make it a bit more consistent with the behavior of the primitive types.
I would also add that the JVM can then do some pretty cool optimizations to Strings seamlessly thanks to that...
Shashank Bhat G S
Undergraduate
Thanks for the point