From: Dan Connelly <lists@...>
Date: 2012-06-20T01:58:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Symbols and Strings.

I've liked the distinction between symbols and strings since I first 
encountered it in LISP.   Symbols to me are abstract entities which 
happen to be typically represented with characters, while strings are 
explicitly series of characters.  With this perspective, it makes sense 
that "b" > "a", but :b > :a gives an error, and :a + :b gives an error. 
If symbols became immutable strings, this distinction would be lost.

But in the end, the proof is in the code.  I suspect functionally 
there'd not be much difference, but I'm just a beginner.

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