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Re:John Carmack on Mutable Variables by charcircuit on Thursday October 30, 2025 @11:34PM (#45768118)
Const by default is not functional programming.
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Re:John Carmack on Mutable Variables by umanwizard on Thursday October 30, 2025 @11:37PM (#45768144)
Indeed, but it's one of the (many) good ideas from functional programming that have filtered into more mainstream languages.
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