http://jens.mooseyard.com/2005/06/lua-and-unique-strings/ Little boxes made of words, by Jens Alfke Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:32:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://jens.mooseyard.com/2005/06/lua-and-unique-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Jens Alfke Wed, 30 May 2007 05:41:47 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2005/06/lua-and-unique-strings/#comment-1557 Sure, most dynamic languages (Java, Ruby, Obj-C) have a way of making a string unique. What I'm addressing here is the idea of making <i>all</i> strings unique, which seems more unusual. Sure, most dynamic languages (Java, Ruby, Obj-C) have a way of making a string unique. What I’m addressing here is the idea of making all strings unique, which seems more unusual.

]]> http://jens.mooseyard.com/2005/06/lua-and-unique-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 John Dougan Wed, 30 May 2007 02:32:42 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2005/06/lua-and-unique-strings/#comment-1556 For sure, Smalltalk has unique strings (Symbols) and you could argue the interned names system in many Lisps is another implementation. For sure, Smalltalk has unique strings (Symbols) and you could argue the interned names system in many Lisps is another implementation.

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