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jfmc
1534 days ago
Prolog also have symbols (called "atoms"). Erlang too (influenced by Prolog).
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masklinn
1534 days ago
Erlang has symbols because its strings are ridiculously expensive (and kinda shit), so while it does have immutable strings identifying objects based on that would be ridiculously costly.
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