From: Giles Bowkett <gilesb@...>
Date: 2006-08-21T10:08:03+09:00
Subject: Re: When to use :symbol and when to use String?

> However, here is a good explanation of Symbols in general. This is a
> common question, as you can probably imagine: http://onestepback.org/
> index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/SymbolsAreNotImmutableStrings.red

Thank you for posting this. I've wondered about this many times, and
this is the best explanation I've seen.

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Giles Bowkett
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