On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 11:08 AM, John Myles White <johnmyleswh...@gmail.com > wrote:
> For understanding mutable vs. immutable types, I found this very helpful: > > * http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jrose/values/values-0.html > > It takes several reads to really understand, but it gets at the core > issues. What it lacks is a broader CS-level exposition of how stack and > heap allocated memory differ — that’s like a minimum background before that > specific writeup will make sense. > Oo, I'll have to read through this. Jeff and I had a lovely conversation with John Rose at the Lang.NEXT couple of years ago; he was pleased that Julia has immutable types and that concrete types couldn't be sub-typed.
