Hi --

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006, Matt Todd wrote:

> Really as an example of its objectness. It's a way to look at the
> literal (:symbol_name) as the same as an instanciation, but with
> conditions (of uniqueness).

You might as well save the round trip, though :-)  It's in the same
category as integers: unique and immediate, as well as immutable.


David

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