Immutability is a trade-off, not a universal principle

Immutability is often mandated in functional programming but represents a costly trade-off between safety and performance.

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The fact

Full object copying consumes memory and CPU; persistent structures reduce this but add complexity.

Choosing between mutability and immutability depends on context and performance constraints.

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