At some point it was decided that Strings would be immutable in Julia. Is there a record of that conversation (e.g. a mailing list or GitHub thread)? Failing that, is there a record of the conversations that led core language designers to decide to make strings immutable in another programming lang…

I can’t find the origin in emails, but this was my decision, effected by not providing any mutating APIs to strings. Here’s an older more direct explanation of why from 2012: There’s an important psychological distinction between things we think of as mutable versus immutable: values that are defi…

Not quite what you’re looking for, but a starting point: String should be officially immutable & "abc" === "abc" · Issue #22193 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub

I think the person who knows the history of this decision best may also be @ScottPJones !

See https://groups.google.com/g/julia-dev/c/-u4k0xX5ziQ/m/jEV-Q2PBmw0J … strings were treated as immutable from the earliest days of Julia, even though the language didn’t enforce this at first.

Why are strings immutable (historical records request)

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