I sure like languages that have symbols as a first class data type, distinct from strings.
@peterseibel @kellan it also signals "this is a key not a value" but I think that's a nice side-effect of efficiency-driven conventions.
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@avibryant@peterseibel@kellan I do like the syntactic distinction of symbols in lisp, though.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avibryant@peterseibel@kellan Lua interns strings, so they can be used efficiently as keys. C# has an opt-in string intern mechanism, too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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