mutable sequences

[Ben Finney]

Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com> writes:

> A string and a list go into a bar. The string asks for a cup of
> coffee. The bartender says "We don't have coffee." The string asks for
> a cup of coffee. The bartender says "I told you we don't have coffee."
> The string asks for a cup of coffee. The bartender says to the list
> "What is wrong with him? Is he deaf?" The list replies, "No, he's
> immutable."

There need to be more bartender scenarios in programming tutorials.

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