vb.net ampersand vs plus for concatenating string

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Published on 2010-06-09T13:21:29Z Indexed on 2010/06/09 13:32 UTC
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In VB.Net, is there any advantage to using & to concatenate strings instead of +? e.g.

Dim x as String = "hello" + " there"

vs.

Dim x as String = "hello" & " there"

Yes, I know for a lot of string concatenations I'd want to use StringBuilder, but this is more of a general question.

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