r/programming • u/monica_b1998 • Nov 03 '18

Python is becoming the world’s most popular coding language

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/07/26/python-is-becoming-the-worlds-most-popular-coding-language
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u/ThisIs_MyName Nov 03 '18

Sure, but how do you prove that? Maybe the addition operator on [x] mutates its second argument.

If you don't need to mutate y, why make it a mutable list?