This is perhaps a fork of this thread insomuch as it was what got me thinking again about best ways of doing these things. Immutable objects are handy since they help with thread-safety and even just ...

Immutability is a feature of functional programming languages that makes programs easier to write, test, and maintain. However, immutability is not supported by many imperative programming languages.

Immutability makes your objects thread-safe and helps improve memory management. It also makes your code more readable and easier to maintain. An immutable object is defined as an object that, once ...

Our applications are complicated enough without adding any more. Here's a way to think about your objects that allows you to dramatically simplify your object model, provided you're willing to turn ...