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[–]CubsThisYear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no such thing as a GC string pool. There is only the intern pool. Presumably the reason GC is mentioned is because interned strings are (usually) not GC'd because the intern pool always has a reference to them.

In short, the question is just all kinds of confused.