Why fid microsoft see it fit to change regex syntax, something that has been well used for 30+ years?

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I have programmed in C for more than 30 years and now I am transitioning into C#. I ran into a brick wall when trying to code a RegEx parse search routine. It seems the RegEx syntax is not the same between C and C#. For example "^.\{20\}[2-4]" works for C but not for C#. Why, why in the world would take something that's been in use for so long and CHANGE IT??? I admit, I could have done something wrong to cause this, in which case, I apologize.

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