From: Matthew Moss <matt@...>
Date: 2008-12-02T11:10:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Different between symbol and string ?


On Dec 1, 2008, at 7:54 PM, Chris Li wrote:

> What is exactly different between symbol and string ? Symbol has never
> appear in other language.

In a sense, symbols appear in almost every language, but under another  
name: identifier. A Symbol is an identifier without any associated  
storage.

Granted, that's probably too simple/naive an explanation. You might  
also try searching the archives for this mailing list; discussions  
about Symbol have come 'round many a times with some quite thorough  
discussions.