From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T11:19:40+09:00
Subject: Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ?

On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:46:00AM +0900, James Britt wrote:
> 
> After trying to follow all this, I've come to see Symbols as being more 
> akin to numbers than strings.
> 
> They're numbers with a human face.

That's actually, from what I can see, a very good description -- though
for a complete newbie to the concept, you'd probably need to expand on
that a little bit.

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