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I'd agree with the first half, but not the second. Sometimes mutability allows for more concise code, although in most cases it's better to not mutate at all
I feel like I should maybe have put a "probably" in there
After all "there's no silver bullet", but in anything but a few edge cases, the rule applies, IMO