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Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> In the FP world referential opaqueness is the name of the devil.

Caring about object identity is not the same as referential opacity.

> In the more 'real' imperative/OO world there's way too much of it.

I'm very glad to be programming in the real world; there is more
achievement in solving problems here.

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