Alex Knaub <aknaub / gmail.com> writes:

> 2005/12/28, Surgeon <biyokuantum / gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a Ruby newbie. I wish I didn't post such a simple question here
>> but I had to.
>> What is the difference between :foo (a keyword) and "foo"(a string).
>> Can they be used interchangeably? Are they fundamentally same and is
>> the only difference performance?
>
> http://onestepback.org/index.cgi/Tech/Ruby/SymbolsAreNotImmutableStrings.red

What a coincidence. Seems like Jim and I finally had enough of people
conflating symbols and immutable strings on the same day.

http://microjet.ath.cx/WebWiki/2005.12.27_UsingSymbolsForTheWrongReason.html

YS.