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This "tip" reminds me, during a recent round of interviews for Java coders, one of my friends said, "I've discovered a whole new category of interviewees, 'Hmmm.... I've never used dot equals.'" That is, when asked what the difference (in Java) is between == and .equals(), they're confused about what .equals() is.