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Indeed, but more common usage of static in computer programming relates to “object property/method” instead of “class”.
</div><div>In Erlang, one could argue that mod:something(), where mod is indeed -module(mod), is static.</div>
<div><div>But in general term, static is not equal to immutable.</div><div><br></div><div>Take a look at Java:</div><div><br></div><div>class Whatever {</div><div> public static String meh = “meh”;</div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div>You can change the value of meh by:</div><div><br></div><div>Whatever.meh = “meh meh”;</div><div><br></div><div>while immutable would be:</div><div><br></div><div>public static final String immutableMeh = “meh”;</div><div><br></div><div>You can’t change the value of this one.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a difference.</div>
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Thursday, 12 March 2015 at 22:59, Imants Cekusins wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><p dir="ltr"><i>Computing</i> (Of a <a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/process#process__3">process</a> or <a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/variable#variable__15">variable</a>) not<a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/able#able__3">able</a> to be <a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/change#change__3">changed</a> during a set period,<a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/example#example__15">for example</a> while a program is running<br></p>
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