From: rcoder <rcoder@...>
Date: 2005-07-26T08:46:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Trying to understand symbols

You are correct to think these two usages of 'symbol' are conflicting
-- if it helps, in the text you quote from p. 314, replace the word
'symbol' with 'name'.

It's just a mis-match in terminology: in parser/compiler-speak, a
'symbol' is just a type of token, not a special kind of immutable
string like it is in Ruby.

Hope that helps,

Lennon