Immutability and Python
Neal Becker
ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 30 16:45:33 EDT 2012
rusi wrote:
> On Oct 29, 8:20 pm, andrea crotti <andrea.crott... at gmail.com> wrote:
> <snipped>
>> Any comments about this? What do you prefer and why?
>
> Im not sure how what the 'prefer' is about -- your specific num
> wrapper or is it about the general question of choosing mutable or
> immutable types?
>
> If the latter I would suggest you read
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stepanov#Criticism_of_OOP
>
> [And remember that Stepanov is the author of C++ STL, he is arguably
> as important in the C++ world as Stroustrup]
The usual calls for immutability are not related to OO. They have to do with
optimization, and specifically with parallel processing.
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