[REBOL] Re: On mutability and sameness
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 17-Jun-2001 16:39
Hi, Volker,
I didn't *quite* ROFL, but I enjoyed the idea very much! ^_^
[agem--crosswinds--net] wrote:
> hm. "particle physics"?
> Mutable: the original value is "slow" and can be modified.
> Immutable: if you touch the value, it immediate "flips out",
> is automatic copied before.
> no chance to be fast enough for a change ;-)
>
> You see, very simple types are very flippy, a bit more complex
> types are somewhat slower
> and heavy series are really mutable slow.
>
...
> so we should replace 'Immutable with 'flippy? ;-)
>
If this explanation doesn't catch on, would we call it a
flip flop? Oops, hardware again! Maybe I went a bit too far!
-jn-
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