E. G. For storage and performs reasons. 5 bytes vs 9 bytes. Multiplying by amount of users and various indexes - can produce very noticeably difference. More records per page.

So you have memory space which is reused… Which essentially makes it a mutable memory structure, where you update or add with new data keys… No?

Can you please give me an example - let’s say I have a big list of numbers and I need to find how many times each number is there.

I would expect a mutable dictionary/map and a single pass through. How would you do that without mutable datastructure?

So do you create new objects every time you need to change state?

Not even comparable

You really need to calm down and reflect.

I have a PhD and a dozen of published and recognized papers.

You are misusing the term “fact”. Just because you think something is fact, does not make it so.

Wow, target audience for settlement building actually exist! It was always a point of frustration to me, I build necessary minimum for some quests and that’s it, partially being sad that they could’ve put those resources to make main loop of Fallout part of the game better

Not sure where you are in the US, but that is definitely not my experience. Cars usually stop the moment I stop on the side of the road. At least In California