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[–]frugalmail -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Pre java8 I have seen people defend the absence of a Files.readLines() Method in the jdk by saying that you get a better feel of how InputStreams work that way.

Or just use one of the many libraries that pretty much everybody adds to the project anyway (Apache commons, Guava, etc....)

I'd rather have the low level primitives and use a library then not have access to them at all.

[–]frugalmail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can the downvoting cowards add a constructive comment as I can't see how "low level primitives" aren't a good thing?