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7 Updating data destructively and non-destructively

In this chapter, we learn about two different ways of updating data:

• A destructive update of data mutates the data so that it has the desired form.
• A non-destructive update of data creates a copy of the data that has the desired form.

The latter way is similar to first making a copy and then changing it destructively, but it does both at the same time.