#billiondollarmistake — Public Fediverse posts
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Oh, joy! 🎉 Another ode to the almighty null pointer, where we learn that catching them is as easy as catching a cold in winter 🌨️. But wait, the "Billion Dollar Mistake" is just a misunderstood little rascal 🙄, because, really, who needs memory safety when you have "individualelement mindsets" to blame? 😂👨💻
https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/01/02/was-it-really-a-billion-dollar-mistake/ #nullpointer #billiondollarmistake #memorysafety #programminghumor #technews #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, joy! 🎉 Another ode to the almighty null pointer, where we learn that catching them is as easy as catching a cold in winter 🌨️. But wait, the "Billion Dollar Mistake" is just a misunderstood little rascal 🙄, because, really, who needs memory safety when you have "individualelement mindsets" to blame? 😂👨💻
https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/01/02/was-it-really-a-billion-dollar-mistake/ #nullpointer #billiondollarmistake #memorysafety #programminghumor #technews #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, joy! 🎉 Another ode to the almighty null pointer, where we learn that catching them is as easy as catching a cold in winter 🌨️. But wait, the "Billion Dollar Mistake" is just a misunderstood little rascal 🙄, because, really, who needs memory safety when you have "individualelement mindsets" to blame? 😂👨💻
https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/01/02/was-it-really-a-billion-dollar-mistake/ #nullpointer #billiondollarmistake #memorysafety #programminghumor #technews #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, joy! 🎉 Another ode to the almighty null pointer, where we learn that catching them is as easy as catching a cold in winter 🌨️. But wait, the "Billion Dollar Mistake" is just a misunderstood little rascal 🙄, because, really, who needs memory safety when you have "individualelement mindsets" to blame? 😂👨💻
https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/01/02/was-it-really-a-billion-dollar-mistake/ #nullpointer #billiondollarmistake #memorysafety #programminghumor #technews #HackerNews #ngated -
Just saw that the Java/JDK developers are finally tackling the billion dollar mistake.
String! good = "this is never null";
It is listed for Java-25, hope this gets done.
#java #jdk #billiondollarmistake #null #nullpointer #npe
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👇 Falsehoods programmers believe about null pointers
https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-null-pointers/
#programming #software #pointers #zero #null #errors #billiondollarmistake
