On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 10:46:23AM +0900, Eero Saynatkari wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2005.12.30 06:56, dblack / wobblini.net wrote: > > > > This assertion by me seems to have been mercifully ignored in > > subsequent discussion :-) Actually, s = :sym doesn't produce a > > reference to :sym; rather, s has the actual/immediate value :sym. > > Anyway, the main (obscured) point was that symbols are not references. > > This is another bad aspect of Symbol explanations. Sooner or later > someone mentions 'immediate values' or 'internal symbol tables'. > While accurate (and in some cases, useful knowledge), these are a > big source of confusion and not in any way helpful to understanding > the fairly trivial function of Symbols :/ I disagree. If the underlying semantic mechanism of a symbol isn't understood, symbols won't be understood. -- Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ] unix virus: If you're using a unixlike OS, please forward this to 20 others and erase your system partition.