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