On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 04:21:33PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 01:28:24AM -0700, Mike G. wrote:
> > ??? Make a clear distinction between mutable and immutable data
> >
> > Perhaps make everything immutable except for the contents of boxes
> > (reminiscent of ML). It would be a significant change, but I think that it
> > would encourage functional programming and allow valuable optimizations.
>
> I'd very much like to avoid having to introduce extra references merely
> to make something mutable. It costs.
Fair enough. Perhaps make everything immutable by default and add #:mutable
and #:unique options to 'define' forms.
> > ??? Offer "unique" data
>
> Like in Rust as well?
I am not familiar with Rust.
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