[plt-scheme] immutable strings vs. uninterned symbols

From: Doug Orleans (dougorleans at gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 6 08:52:07 EDT 2006

What's the difference between immutable strings and uninterned
symbols?  I mean, I realize they're different types, but they're both
strings that can't be changed and are only eq? to themselves.  Is
there any reason to prefer one over the other?  Which one is more like
java.lang.String?

--dougorleans at gmail.com


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