Are JScript strings passed by reference?

Yesterday
I asked "are JScript strings passed by reference (like
JScript objects) or by value"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> (like
JScript numbers)?"

Trick
question! It doesn't matter, because
you can't change a string. I mean, suppose
they were passed by reference -- how would you know? You
can't have two variables refer to the "same" string and then change that string. Strings
in JScript are like numbers -- immutable primitive values.

Of
course, "under the covers" we actually have to pass the strings somehow. Generally
speaking, strings are passed by reference where possible, as it is much cheaper in
both time and memory to pass a pointer to a string than to make a copy, pass the value,
and then destroy the copy.