String interning?

The second ReferenceEquals call returns false. Why isn't the string in s4 interned? (I don't care about the advantages of StringBuilder over string concatenation.)

string s1 = "tom";
string s2 = "tom";


Console.Write(object.ReferenceEquals(s2, s1)); //true

string s3 = "tom";
string s4 = "to";
s4 += "m";

Console.Write(object.ReferenceEquals(s3, s4)); //false

When I do String.Intern(s4);, I still get false.

Here, both s3 and s4 are interned but their references are not equal?

string s3 = "tom";
string s4 = "to";
s4 += "m";
String.Intern(s4);

Console.WriteLine(s3 == s4); //true
Console.WriteLine(object.ReferenceEquals(s3, s4)); //false
Console.WriteLine(string.IsInterned(s3) != null);  //true (s3 is interned)
Console.WriteLine(string.IsInterned(s4) != null);  //true (s4 is interned)