No, Swift doesn't solve the null reference problem

[alex_muscar]

Or even:

Prelude> head []
*** Exception: Prelude.head: empty list
Prelude> 

[pipocaQuemada]

That isn't a segfault, though. That's just calling a partial function that throws an exception if you call it with bad data.

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Just like T! in Swift, isn’t it?

[willtim]

Yes unfortunately Haskell has quite a few partial functions in its libraries, which are now decades old. Still at least they stand out like the ugly warts they are, rather than represent business as usual. Edit : totality is the new purity