From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2011-07-04T03:31:41+09:00
Subject: Re: symbol vs string for hash keys

<snip>
> Strings are mutable; symbols are not.
And, IIRC, strings are GCed, while syms are not. I still use symbols
whenever it seems to make sense though.
But in case of enormous transient data that might become a problem.
Cheers
Robert

-- 
I'm not against types, but I don't know of any type systems that
aren't a complete pain, so I still like dynamic typing.
--
Alain Kay