From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2012-06-19T07:31:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Symbols and Strings...

On Jun 18, 2012, at 15:09, Hal Fulton wrote:
> Hello, all...
> 
> A modest proposal here... I think (tentatively) that Symbol should inherit
> from String, and a symbol should basically be an immutable string.
> 
> Reply here and/or on my blog as you see fit: http://rubyhacker.wordpress.com

This happened (see thread at [ruby-core:9188]) but was reverted.  I can't think of the proper keywords to find the reason for the reversion.