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Mutating in place is often times faster and is more straightforward. I do feel Nim embraces mutation more than other recent languages.

• eindiran 7y ago
  Yeah, the 'discard' keyword is a pretty cool way to note that you're using a procedure only for its side effects.
• iimblack 7y ago
  I'm not arguing either way, just noting that it's counter to what I've seen recently in other languages.