My gut reaction to #strangeloop is that FP people view immutable state as an absolute. There's middle ground. Mutability is useful too, IMO.
@KirinDave effectively you'd have a mutable handle you can degrade into an immutable one
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@bascule For what? Performance? That's like the only real argument for mutability. -
@KirinDave see also: convenience, familiarity. But yes, FOR SPEED too -
@bascule You know how I feel about "familiarity." http://www.tvacres.com/images/language_knife.jpg … -
@KirinDave yes I know that's not an argument that will convince you ;)
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