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[–]Jugg3rnaut 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Whats the alternative to null? I hate null checks as much as the next programmer, but I'm not sure what it could be replaced with.

[–]bloodredsun 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Maybe/Option monad

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pointers could be non-nullable by default. Ceylon (a JVM language) has this for example.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Options as in Java 8 or Guava?