From: gwtmp01@... Date: 2005-12-05T16:12:13+09:00 Subject: Re: Getting Over Symbols On Dec 4, 2005, at 2:07 PM, gwtmp01@mac.com wrote: > My question to the list is, why? What is it about Symbols that > creates such confusion? Speak of the devil... In [ruby-talk:168838] petermichaux@yahoo.com writes: > I'm still trying to grasp exactly what symbols are. I am getting a > feeling that they are related to my old friends the C pointers. Am I > getting closer?