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Is null needed?In the OO languages I'm most familiar with, there's always been the ability to set a variable to null or nil which of course can lead to all sorts of fun problems. What I'm wondering is if there's an actual need for null/nil or not? Anyone know any research about this? I have a sense that null is the kind of thing that'd end up being invented by programmers if it wasn't already in the language to begin with which makes me wonder if it has been shown to be essential somehow in the same way that number systems seem to need zero. (I suspect I may be way out of my depth in even asking this question... but what the heck :)) By BigZaphod at 2008-02-28 00:03 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 24304 reads
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