[luciusdomitius]

I always thought Ruby has symbols because

   const String ACCOUNT_FUNDS_EXCEEDED = "ACCOUNT_FUNDS_EXCEEDED"

is plain retarded :D

[OJFord]

That would be an odd way to do that in a language that doesn't have symbols too though.

[luciusdomitius]

Have a look at 90% of corporate codebases.

[zem]

it makes sure that any typos are caught at compile time, for one