I don't think he's saying that you shouldn't use const (if he is, I vehemently disagree!) just that using it won't make the code faster. It will definitely pre

I don't think he's saying that you shouldn't use const (if he is, I vehemently disagree!) just that using it won't make the code faster. It will definitely prevent you, or the next maintenance programmer, from making a lot of dumb mistakes.