Gene Kim: Love Letter To Clojure (Part 1) & Ruby's chevron operator, '<<' mutates
Pontifications
- Blown out of the water by Gene Kim: Love Letter To Clojure (Part 1) <– READ THE WHOLE THING!
- I too didn’t realize that the “chevron” operator,
<<mutates the string!
>> s = "hello"
=> "hello"
>> s << "*"
=> "hello*" # s value was mutated!!!!
>> s == "hello"
=> false