There is a lot of misinformation around this as well. I've had a developer tell me that the difference is that string is immutable while String is mutable- this

There is a lot of misinformation around this as well. I've had a developer tell me that the difference is that string is immutable while String is mutable- this person was otherwise a pretty savvy and productive developer. I wonder how many bugs are out there where he was expecting a mutable object...