From: Steve Litt <slitt@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T03:23:46+09:00
Subject: Re: On Symbols

On Friday 30 December 2005 01:13 pm, Gregory Brown wrote:
> On 12/30/05, Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Zen and the Art of Ruby Programming: Symbols just are.
> >
> > +1
>
> +1 more.  People will understand them if they just use them.

I disagree. I was using them quite often, but didn't understand them at all.

Now, thanks to this 99 post thread, I believe I understand them at an 
intuitive level, and I understand them enough to correctly code with them 
every time.

As we speak, I'm writing symbol documentation for the Ruby Nuby who has no 
concept (so far) of Ruby internals or Ruby customs.

And nobody even gave me two cents :-)

SteveT

Steve Litt
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