From: Alex Knaub <aknaub@...>
Date: 2005-12-29T04:32:43+09:00
Subject: Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ?

2005/12/28, Surgeon <biyokuantum@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I am a Ruby newbie. I wish I didn't post such a simple question here
> but I had to.
> What is the difference between :foo (a keyword) and "foo"(a string).
> Can they be used interchangeably? Are they fundamentally same and is
> the only difference performance?

http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/SymbolsAreNotImmutableStrings.red