# Question about the design of the language

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-the-design-of-the-language/67248>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 28, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-the-design-of-the-language/67248 "2021-08-28T22:55:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kyando](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kyando/32/28666_2.png) [@Kyando](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kyando)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-the-design-of-the-language/67248/1 "2021-08-28T22:55:34Z")

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I was messing around with the language and realized string concat must be done with

```julia
string(x...)

```

any reason why

```julia
+(x...) = string(x...)

```

is not in the default libs?

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**Author:** ![heliosdrm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/heliosdrm/32/3851_2.png) [@heliosdrm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/heliosdrm)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-the-design-of-the-language/67248/2 "2021-08-28T22:58:35Z")

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Strings can be concatenated with `*`, instead of `+`.

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-the-design-of-the-language/67248/3 "2021-08-29T02:15:56Z")

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See: [FAQ: Why does Julia use `*` for string concatenation?](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/faq/#Why-does-Julia-use-*-for-string-concatenation?-Why-not-or-something-else?).