[Cuis-dev] String vs Symbol objects

[Mark Volkmann]

I understand that Symbols are globally unique and I thought Strings are not.
But I'm confused by this code:

sym1 := #test.
sym2 := #test.
self assert: sym1 = sym2. "passes"
self assert: sym1 == sym2. "passes"

str1 := 'test'.
str2 := 'test'.
self assert: str1 = str2. "passes"
self assert: str1 ~~ str2. "FAILS"

Why does the last line fail?
I thought that str1 and str2 would refer to different objects in memory.

-- 
R. Mark Volkmann
Object Computing, Inc.
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