can someone explain the concept of "strings (or whatever) being immutable"

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Subject	can someone explain the concept of "strings (or whatever) being immutable"
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a_string = "This is a string"<div>a_string is pointing to the above string</div><div><br></div><div>now I change the value of a_string</div><div>a_string = "This string is different"</div><div>I understand that now a_string is pointing to a different string than it was before, in a different location.</div><div><br></div><div>my question is what happens to the original string?? &nbsp;Is it still in memory somewhere, nameless?</div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div><br></div><hr size="1px" noshade style="clear:both;margin-top:10px;height:1px;">
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