Let’s reinvent java bytecode but… different

  • hydroptic
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    8 months ago

    I think having null is great in some cases where you need to represent missing value.

    Option types or sum types would probably be a much less terrible choice for this, although I guess some sort of nullable keyword counts as a sum type

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      8 months ago

      Well, anything that can be captured at compile time or by the IDE is infinitely better than the situation we have today.

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        8 months ago

        Ha yeah, just about anything is better than the current status quo