seanpm2001 🇺🇦️<p>I don't understand something: if the null pointer was a billion dollar mistake, and has caused pain and system crashes for decades, then why weren't there any attempts to just not implement it in an object-oriented system?<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/oop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oop</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nullsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nullsafety</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nullpointer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nullpointer</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/null" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>null</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/billiondollarmistake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billiondollarmistake</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/algol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algol</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>java</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a></p>
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Philip Theus (prev. Mueller)<p>Today marks the first time a card payment terminal rejected my card with the message `get(…) can not be null`.</p><p>Thank you Tony. </p><p><a href="https://layer8.space/tags/billiondollarmistake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billiondollarmistake</span></a></p>
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