Show HN: Silk, a simple systems programming language

Re:Show HN: Silk, a simple systems programming language by conradludgate on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:49PM (#22929025)

I find it interesting how there's so many ways now of describing mutable vs immutable.

Rust: let vs let mut Swift: let vs var Js: const vs let Silk: val vs var

I honestly get confused now. I started a new job working in go and I keep writing let everywhere

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Re:Show HN: Silk, a simple systems programming language by zelphirkalt on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:28AM (#22932805)

The only one of those, that does not indicate by name to me, that it is about mutability, is the on of Swift. I guess you could argue, that in math, when someone says "let x be 2", then x is constant. In the context of programming though, I am more familiar with the var and let in JS, which is not at all about mutability.

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