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498 points azhenley | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.478s | source

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Razengan ◴[31 Oct 25 10:03 UTC] No.45770236[source]▶

If designing your hypothetical ideal language, what are some intuitive/cute keywords you would choose for mutables/immutables?

`let` is so 2020. `const` is too long. `static` makes me fall asleep at the keyboard. `con` sounds bad. How about

`law`?

    law pi = 3.142 (heh typing on Mac autocompleted this)

    law c = 29979245

    law law = "Dredd"

or `set` or `once` or `make`?

1. veltas ◴[31 Oct 25 13:11 UTC] No.45771607[source]▶

What is wrong with let?

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2. Razengan ◴[31 Oct 25 14:06 UTC] No.45772132[source]▶

Nothing, it's just been done, just trying to think of some better/newer ways to say it :)

John Carmack on mutable variables