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		abird198 on Nov 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Functional programming should be the future of sof... I doubt so. Mutation is incredibly powerful. Problem is that we don't understand it.

exyi on Nov 2, 2022 [–]

They don't claim that pure FP is the future. Immutable is better default IMHO, make it explicitly mutable if you need it and know what you are doing.

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