From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-01-05T08:07:58+09:00
Subject: Re: On Symbols

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:06:00 -0000, Dave Howell <groups@grandfenwick.net>  
wrote:

> However, although I don't meant to pick on szpak specifically, he did  
> provide a sterling example of what doesn't work, at least for me, and I  
> have worked professionally as a writer of documentation....
>
> 	"A symbol in Ruby is similar to a symbol in Lisp
>
> I don't know Lisp. Or Java. Unless you know that your reader is already  
> familiar with your reference, it's not helpful to use it.
>

Maybe (maybe?) there aren't any really good references out there on what a  
Ruby symbol is. And maybe you don't know Lisp. Maybe I don't either. But  
at least we both have a much wider field to Google now...

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Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk