Comments on: Linguistic symbols http://blog.amber.org/2005/11/14/linguistic-symbols/ Thoughts of a minor lunatic Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: asafklm http://blog.amber.org/2005/11/14/linguistic-symbols/comment-page-1/#comment-5324 asafklm Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:17:38 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/?p=1838#comment-5324 The way rubyists think about symbols: " Symbols aren’t Strings" ... "Strings are about a sequence of characters. Symbols are about naming and identifying things." -from {|One, Step, Back|} Go and read the whole thing- very well written: http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/SymbolsAreNotImmutableStrings.red The way rubyists think about symbols:

” Symbols aren’t Strings” ... “Strings are about a sequence of characters. Symbols are about naming and identifying things.”
from {|One, Step, Back|}

Go and read the whole thing very well written:
http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/SymbolsAreNotImmutableStrings.red

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