> ... making almost every variable const at initialization is good practice. I wish it was the default, and mutable was a keyword.

Rust mentioned!

Here's a relevant comment on Rust: https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1094419108781789184

That was 6 years ago. I'd like to see how that feeling developed.

And Zig :)

Plus F# and a whole family of FP languages.

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