Maybe that is part of the cause for sure, and personally I feel that is unfortunate.
There is certainly value to immutability, but demonizing basic, useful programming patterns in the process isn't the way to promote it.
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Maybe that is part of the cause for sure, and personally I feel that is unfortunate.
There is certainly value to immutability, but demonizing basic, useful programming patterns in the process isn't the way to promote it.