class scala[A] { def apply[B](f: (A) => B) = directly to forehead }

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The Cavern of COBOL > class scala[A] { def apply[B](f: (A) => B) = directly to forehead }

Linear Zoetrope: Nov 28, 2011; A hero must cook

Deus Rex posted:

There's no reason to copy an entire object around just to maintain immutability. What kinds of objects were these?

Yeah, usually it's done with magic like fully persistent data structures and the like. It's usually something that's very difficult or time consuming to redo as a programmer, and is best left as an actual language feature.

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