In C#, if you want a String to be taken literally, i.e. ignore escape characters, you can use:
string myString = @"sadasd/asdaljsdl";
However there is no equivalent in Java. Is there any reason Java has not included something similar?
Edit:
After reviewing some answers and thinking about it, what I'm really asking is:
Is there any compelling argument against adding this syntax to Java? Some negative to it, that I'm just not seeing?