In practice, how often are you interested in it? C# has `Object.referenceEquals()` because you _may_ want this sometimes. But to have reference equality be the

In practice, how often are you interested in it? C# has `Object.referenceEquals()` because you _may_ want this sometimes. But to have reference equality be the default for something like `==` is a design flaw. Not one that can be fixed now, of course, but it will continue to cause bugs for years to come. Sometimes, it happens in core Java libraries themselves: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8274779 https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8274779 https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/722d639fad2e4fc6eb2aabd427e2719501899cfe/src/java.base/share/classes/sun/net/www/http/HttpClient.java#L310 https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/722d639fad2e4fc6eb2aabd4...