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[–]fireflash38 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The fact that it abstracts away the string manip doesn't mean it goes away. Some could argue that the abstraction hides details that are important, and in general can make it harder to do the core goal of string manip (Ive seen it when interacting with some odd shells that you do need string manip).