"Instead he's suggesting adding tiny self-managed globals for little values that truly are global (used almost everywhere) but aren't constant. Basically segreg

"Instead he's suggesting adding tiny self-managed globals for little values that truly are global (used almost everywhere) but aren't constant. Basically segregating tiny pieces of mutable state into their own little cubbyholes in order to simplify the logic." That kinda sounds suspiciously like a monad.