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		DanWaterworth on Dec 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Class-based Programming Sucks (2011) That's true, though it's also worth pointing out that immutability can make garbage collection easier.

louthy on Dec 13, 2013 [–]

Indeed, and many of the objects will be very short lived, therefore getting collected in generation 0.

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