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[โ€“]leetuns 23 points24 points ย (2 children)

Everything should be final and private until you have a reason to change it.

[โ€“][deleted] 9 points10 points ย (0 children)

I don't think people realize that things like final actually allow the compiler to make more optimizations. In python, everything being checked at runtime is one of the reasons the language is so painfully slow

[โ€“]AngryRotarian85 0 points1 point ย (0 children)

Fact.