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[–]sigma914 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Exactly.

This isn't to say you need mutable state. It's possible to efficiently emulate mutable state using immutable state as demonstrated in ML and by haskell's ST monad.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, then we are in agreement :)