From: Tom Allison <tallison@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T11:18:02+09:00
Subject: Re: What's up with symbols?

Daniel Harple wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2006, at 3:06 PM, Hans-Eric Gr�nlund wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to understand symbols. Not what they are, but rather why  Ruby
>> has them. They are neat and I use them, but effectively you end up  with
>> the same thing using plain strings, right? So why extend the  language? I
>> get the feeling I'm missing a big point so please help me out by
>> pointing it out to me.
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> See:
> 
> * [Symbols Are Not Immutable Strings][1]
> * [Many previous discussions on the list][2]
> 
> [1]: http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/+Tech/Ruby/ 
> SymbolsAreNotImmutableStrings.red
> [2]: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/search? 
> group=comp.lang.ruby&q=symbols&qt_g=1&searchnow=Search+this+group
> 
> -- Daniel

Is there somewhere besides the newsgroup for this?