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Why use fast==slow instead of slow.equals(fast)

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#1

Its more of a language question than data structure.
but is’nt it more accurate to .equals instead of == when comparing 2 objects?

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#2

Hi @bee1,
Yes you are right comparing 2 objects using the .eqauls is more accurate if we are comparing 2 objects are identical or not. Here in this example we compares that two references are identical or not.

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