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by sid0 5850 days ago
I agree. One of the biggest benefits of a proper type system (and by saying "proper" I immediately exclude C and Java, so don't even bother mentioning them) is that you get clean semantics for both nullable and non-nullable types. Hoare called null a billion-dollar mistake, and I completely agree.
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and by saying "proper" I immediately exclude C and Java, so don't even bother mentioning them

If there was a "jrockway award for explaining type systems", this statement would qualify you for one. I am glad I'm not the only person that thinks this :)