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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Immutability and Python |
| Date | 2012-10-29 13:48 -0400 |
| References | <CAF_E5JZVij+DTNNH=kMHVa1+GM6g80MpQBY1N4wc-a46bmGLsw@mail.gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3037.1351532928.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 10/29/2012 11:20 AM, andrea crotti wrote: > I have a philosofical doubt about immutability, that arised while doing > the SCALA functional programming course. In real life, the physical world, things have mutable state, at least down to the atomic level. Do you only want to model mathematical worlds, or also physical worlds. Even mathematically, I do not think there necessarily a problem with mutable collections. The fact that sets are defined by content does not mean that everything has to be. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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Re: Immutability and Python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-29 13:48 -0400
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