
know whether they refer to the <em>same</em> string.
There are two possible states:</font><br />
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In one case, <tt>a</tt> and <tt>b</tt> refer to two different objects that
have the same value. In the second case, they refer to the same
object.<br />
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To check whether two variables refer to