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I'm confused

Local variables are bad

... said Reg, in original post. Iterate, reduce.

Mutable local variables are bad.

... says Reg, in the follow up post. Hmmm. Iterate, reduce.

Mutable variables are bad.

... says Mark, chewing on the eraser on the end of his pencil, staring at that result. Iterate, reduce.

Variables are bad.

... says Mark, who then sits back, grinning.

Let's all program with immutable symbols, in a continuation passing style. Seriously.