[Bluej-discuss] confusion over = (and == ?)

[Ian Barland]

>Ian Barland <ibarland at radford.edu> wrote:
>> I'd argue that == is overloaded, and even mention in CS1:
> There was 
> an artificial (in my mind) distinction being drawn between how "=="
> operates on primitives and how "==" operates on references.
> 
Ah, I see what you were getting at now, and agree 100%.  That artificial
distinction could also lead to the (incorrect) idea that Java has
call-by-reference, rather than just realizing "references are values" (in
Java).

--Ian (B.)