On Wednesday, 2 May 2012 at 15:21:31 UTC, Mehrdad wrote:
"Steven Schveighoffer" wrote in message
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But many languages that *don't* have const/immutable do well
with this pattern (think Java strings).
Java strings are pretty poor for performance though. :\
You shouldn't be forced to choose between O(1) performance
(versus O(n)) and the correctness of your program.
This is a false choice. The performance of Java strings (BTW,
which I don't think is that bad) is not tied to whether they are
immutable or not.
-Steve
