Why don't lazy languages support mutation?

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Published on 2010-05-30T00:24:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/30 0:42 UTC
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I'm studying programming language theory and I can't figure out a solid reason why lazy languages don't have mutation. Anyone know the reason?

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