From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T09:39:15+09:00
Subject: Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ?

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:37:00AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote:
> On 30/12/05, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> >
> > . . . and please don't point out that symbols don't "do" anything, or
> > have any "behavior".  You (should) know what I mean from context.
> 
> Except that by trying to suggest that Symbols "act" a particular way
> is nonsense. They don't do anything, they don't have any behaviour;
> they just are simple names. In 99% of all uses of Symbols, that's
> absolutely all that matters.

I'm guessing you either didn't read the preceding "you know what I mean"
statement, or you don't actually know what I mean, or you're being
intentionally combative.

-- 
Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]

"Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to
build programs out of the wrong concepts." - Paul Graham