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treeform on April 3, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nim 1.2

Mutating in place is often times faster and is more straightforward.

I do feel Nim embraces mutation more than other recent languages.

eindiran on April 3, 2020 | [–]

Yeah, the 'discard' keyword is a pretty cool way to note that you're using a procedure only for its side effects.

doritosfan84 on April 3, 2020 | [–]

I'm not arguing either way, just noting that it's counter to what I've seen recently in other languages.

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