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Re:Can I do FP in my language? by joncampbelldev on Saturday August 05, 2017 @03:49PM (#14937539)
If the standard data structures in your language are mutable this will not save you. Luckily many languages like Java have nice third party persistent collection libraries
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Re:Can I do FP in my language? by crimsonalucard on Saturday August 05, 2017 @04:12PM (#14937642)
You can treat the variables as immuteable even if they aren't...
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