Why are strings immutable?

[John Roth]

"Brent W. Hughes" <brent.hughes at comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I kind of hate to have to convert a string into a list, manipulate it, and
> then convert it back into a string.  Why not make strings mutable?

Strings are immutable because they are "value objects".
Consult any good, recent OO design text for what a
value object is, and why it should be immutable.

That said, it would be useful to have a
string buffer object that could be changed.

John Roth
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