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Java is a high-level, platform-independent, object-oriented programming language originally developed by Sun Microsystems. Java is currently owned by Oracle, which purchased Sun in 2010.

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Why didn't == operator string value comparison make it to Java?

In general, there is very good reason to want to be able to test if two object references point to the same object. I've had plenty of times that I've written Address oldAddress; Address newAddress; …
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In Java, why were protected members made accessible to classes of the same package?

IMHO, this was a bad design decision in Java. Just speculating, but I think they wanted the access levels to be in a strict progression: private - "package" - protected - public. …
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