3 more dconf 2015 talks (Andy, Jonathan, and Mark)

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On Wednesday, 8 July 2015 at 22:20:08 UTC, Andy Smith wrote:
>
> Hey.... I didn't really have an equivalent of transients in D, 
> it was more a general statement that there are cases where you 
> can still get functional purity using mutable state rather than 
> adhering to a strict functional approach.
>
> So in much the same way as I 'cheat' slightly by using mutable 
> state in the system, clojure cheats in much the same way using 
> transients for intermediate calculations in an implementation 
> provided that the interface is pure.
>
> I didn't elaborate too much during the talk as *NO-ONE* nodded 
> to say they new clojure so moved swiftly on :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> A.

Okay, thanks for the reply.