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John Carmack on mutable variables

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498 points azhenley | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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slifin ◴[31 Oct 25 08:12 UTC] No.45769470[source]▶
Yeah I wish variables were immutable by default and everything was an expression

Oh well continues day job as a Clojure programmer that is actively threatened by an obnoxious python take over

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nvader ◴[31 Oct 25 15:06 UTC] No.45772815[source]▶
You are not a Clojure programmer. You use Clojure to solve problems in a professional context. I'm sorry that there's a political tribal war based on language going on at your workplace.

But especially now that coding agents are radically enabling gains in developer productivity, you don't need to feel excluded by the artificial tribal boundaries.

If you haven't, I recommend reading: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pr...

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1. jimbokun ◴[31 Oct 25 16:14 UTC] No.45773723[source]▶
You know I read this when it came out but have gotten out of the habit of applying it.

Thanks for the reminder. Will work on putting these ideas back into practice again.