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John Carmack on mutable variables

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504 points azhenley | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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bitbasher ◴[31 Oct 25 14:37 UTC] No.45772432[source]▶
> ... making almost every variable const at initialization is good practice. I wish it was the default, and mutable was a keyword.

Rust mentioned!

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willismichael ◴[31 Oct 25 15:06 UTC] No.45772826[source]▶
Here's a relevant comment on Rust: https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1094419108781789184
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1. maleldil ◴[31 Oct 25 15:26 UTC] No.45773118[source]▶
That was 6 years ago. I'd like to see how that feeling developed.