Just in case anybody here hasn't yet seen the talk, here's what the inventor of nulls currently thinks of his creation:
http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Null-References-The-Billion-Dollar-Mistake-Tony-Hoare On 4 June 2012 12:06, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Monday, June 4, 2012 9:35:50 AM UTC+2, Ricky Clarkson wrote: >> >> Option isn't the same as the null object pattern, because null objects >> get used as if they were real objects whereas code dealing with Options >> looks different. It has to contain some form of check or lifting of a >> function. >> > I didn't say it was. I just added C# to Cédric's list of languages > (Groovy, Fantom and Kotlin) which adopted an up-front way of dealing with > null, rather than burying the concept as a NOP. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
