13 Ways of Looking at a Ruby Symbol | Random Hacks

Random code snippets, projects and musings about software from Eric Kidd, a developer and occasional entrepreneur. You're welcome to contact me! Jan 20, 2007 • by Eric Kidd New Ruby programmers often ask, “What, exactly, is a symbol? And how does it differ from a string?” No one answer works for everybody, so—with apologies to Wallace Stevens—here are 13 ways of looking at a Ruby symbol. A Ruby sy