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…in reply to @schizanon
@yesiwebto I hear what you're saying, which I've heard before. Someone I know once said "the = sign is the source of most bugs." The implication being that reassignment should be feared or at least considered something worth making a special case. I have never - and continue to not -Permalink On twitter.com
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2021 Jun 29
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…in reply to @rockerest
@yesiwebto understood this. Reassignment of a variable has never once caused a bug for me. Never. Not when I was just starting programming, and not now, close to 20 years later.Permalink On twitter.com
2021 Jun 29
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…in reply to @rockerest
@yesiwebto Basically: who hurt you?Permalink On twitter.com
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2021 Jun 29
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…in reply to @rockerest
@yesiwebto More importantly: assignment (or re-assignment, if we must) is quite literally the core of programming. We could squabble about pure functional programs that "never assign" 🙄 but ultimately memory has new data put into it. Fighting against assignment is insane.On twitter.com
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2021 Jun 29
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