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* Josip Krapac <josip.krapac@fsb.hr>
| If strings are vectors of characters then why (vector #\f #\o #\o) is not
| a string?

  Because strings are _specialized_ vectors of characters.

| Are strings also simple-vectors of characters?

  No.

| What is the difference bewteen simple-vectors and non-simple-vectors?

  The homogeneity of the type of the elements.

  In other words, a string is a vector that can _only_ store characters.

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