on the `final` thing, I think Java is doing it the...

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[kevinmost]

on the final thing, I think Java is doing it the worst way (have to add a keyword for immutability), and I think Kotlin is doing it alright (same amount of words for mutable/immutable)... but I think Rust does it better. let foo = bar vs let mut foo = bar (extra keyword for mutability). You should have to put in the extra effort and add the extra noise of mut if you want mutability, in my opinion 😛