Pluggable type sytems

[Danny Wilson]

Op Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:25:55 +0100 schreef Denis Koroskin  
<2korden at gmail.com>:

> On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:09:26 +0300, Bartosz Milewski  
> <bartosz at relisoft.com> wrote:
>
>> ...
>>
>> My impression is that theoreticians and very advanced programmers love  
>> elaborate type systems. Nine-to-five programmers, which are in the  
>> majority, prefer simplicity even if the cost is reliability. Just look  
>> at the comments to my blog post.
>>
>> I know we have to do something about null references in D, but I'm  
>> still on the fence about how we should accomplish that.
>>
>
> So, let's ask the community: Would you like to see nullable types in D?
>
> http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/539369-138652
> (please, don't abuse by voting multiple time)
>
> Explain your reasoning in newsgroups. Thank you.
>

I voted yes. There have been far too many NullPointerExceptions in various  
languages, for the 9-5 programmer to understand in 15 minutes what  
non-nullable types are :-)