From: ts Date: 2005-01-15T02:50:53+09:00 Subject: Re: Mutable strings >>>>> "M" == Mystifier writes: M> references comparison. Ruby also does same thing but for Unknown reasons M> prefers to call them symbol class and not an immutable string class. They M> want to deny that Ruby has any. I have found Symbol has all the ingredients M> of immutable string class. It has something more - uniqueness. Read this message [ruby-talk:113107] Guy Decoux