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by rco8786 3438 days ago
What does Ruby have to do with immutability
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Let's consider the quote:

> You get to use Ruby, which, even in a world that has rediscovered the benefits of functional programming and immutability, remains the most extraordinarily beautiful and luxurious language I’ve yet to encounter.

He's saying there are other beautiful paradigms - especially of the FP variety. However, Ruby is really, really damn elegant.

And he's right; it's a joy. [I say as a C++ dev]

".freeze" :) it's all runtime baby, love it (at least accept it), or move on