[NTLUG:Discuss] Java/Linux versus school teacher.

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 10:57:16AM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> So, the answer "(a) true" is equally as wrong as "(b) false",
> in that it's completely wrong to assume that x==y will
> give a repeatable answer based on the values of x and y
> (because x==y doesn't check for value equality).

Sorry, I wrote this backwards -- I meant to say that
"(b) false" (the teacher's answer) is equally as wrong 
as "(a) true" (the student's answer).

It's wrong because x == y tests the identity of x and y,
and in the case of Strings the compiler is permitted
to cause equal-valued results to refer to a shared String
object.

Pm