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Re:John Carmack on Mutable Variables by skeezyjefferson on Thursday November 06, 2025 @09:47AM (#45835834)
I argue in your example there are 6 constants, not 1 constant with 6 different values, though this could be semantics ie we could both be right in some way
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Re:John Carmack on Mutable Variables by Zambyte on Monday November 10, 2025 @01:16PM (#45878912)
Exactly. As said higher in this comment chain:

> So, constant, but repeatedly redefined.

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Re:John Carmack on Mutable Variables by skeezyjefferson on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @06:28AM (#45886173)
it was constant if it could have been redefined, by the basic definition of what constant means. so no, not constant, but constants
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