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goodpoint · 2022-12-31 10:14:15

Wrong. Immutable does not mean unpatchable at all.

lightedman | karma 759 | avg karma 0.49 · | 2023-01-01 03:31:12

If you can simply patch it, that's mutable, not immutable, by definition. Immutable means unchangeable without exception.

tomc1985 | karma 11141 | avg karma 2.76 · | 2015-05-11 23:10:54

So by immutable he means... systems you don't patch? That's it?

rthomas6 | karma 3931 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2015-03-10 18:15:06+00:00

Oh, I meant immutable. Thanks for pointing that out!

compil3r | karma 88 | avg karma 0.82 · | 2016-07-24 02:36:21

Not immutable but mutable.

bunderbunder | karma 15074 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2012-08-01 16:07:16

Sorry, I should have said 'immutable' instead.

NateEag | karma 2462 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2021-02-09 13:45:44+00:00

I think OP should not have used "immutable" if it isn't what he meant.

msielski | karma 129 | avg karma 4.16 · | 2015-09-30 17:14:38

> immutable

api | karma 31631 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2018-04-01 18:47:33

They aren't immutable. They can be fixed.

fooyc | karma 765 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2022-02-07 09:14:16

Pretty sure they meant immutable in that quote.

daveFNbuck | karma 3777 | avg karma 2.26 · | 2018-02-15 01:39:51

Nothing is actually impossible to change, so your strict definition of immutability doesn't mean anything.

matharmin | karma 1287 | avg karma 4.6 · | 2020-01-20 07:36:58+00:00

Immutable

jjoe | karma 1046 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2017-01-26 18:53:11+00:00

Meant to say that there's no conditional with immutable. Corrected, thanks.

dredmorbius | karma 63069 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2021-09-07 17:11:00

And immutable.

Kinrany | karma 3565 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2021-09-01 08:49:31

Immutability being the default does not prevent mutability.

thomasfoster96 | karma 1606 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2015-06-03 13:17:07+00:00

I know that - but the previous comment made it sound as though it did mean immutability.

tlrobinson | karma 30498 | avg karma 4.18 · | 2017-06-18 11:28:35

Do you mean "mutable", not "immutable"?

LudwigNagasena | karma 4374 | avg karma 2.6 · | 2021-03-05 11:29:40

There is no difference. Whether something is immutable is to a large degree irrelevant.

TheZenPsycho | karma 1505 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2013-11-12 03:37:11+00:00

what's wrong with "immutable" ?

serverholic | karma 932 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2021-02-08 17:19:49

I think you're interpreting immutable too literally.