On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:52:19 -0700 Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisp...@gmx.com> wrote: > > once in a while, you get a null pointer/reference and something blows > up, but that's very rare in my experience, so I can't help but think > that people who hit issues with null pointers on a regular basis are > doing something wrong. >
I don't think it's just people having trouble with null references. If you're not getting null reference issues, then you're almost certainly doing at least some work making sure to manually check for and handle nulls when needed. That's effort that could be better directed elsewhere.