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John Carmack on mutable variables

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498 points azhenley | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.447s | 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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1. scuff3d ◴[31 Oct 25 16:15 UTC] No.45773730[source]▶
And Zig :)
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2. alternatex ◴[31 Oct 25 17:14 UTC] No.45774352[source]▶
Plus F# and a whole family of FP languages.