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		garethrowlands 41 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John Carmack on mutable variables The term 'variable' is from mathematics. As others have said, the values of variables do vary but they do not mutate.

astrobe_ 41 days ago | [–]

Yes, and math has the notion of "free variable" and "bound variable" [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_variables_and_bound_varia...

1-more 38 days ago | [–]

They are often called bindings, not variables, so as to make it clear that they are just a name for a thing that will not change.

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