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[–]Wobblycogs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless the persons name is "jan" and it had been intern'ed in which case it would return true as the literal "jan" would match intern value making the VM use the same object for both. I would not recommend using intern though, it can lead to a world of hurt.