Null references (oh no, not again!)

[Georg Wrede]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Checklists are an underutilised resource in software development. There 
> ought to be checklists "on paper" for pre-release checks for the staff, 
> for example. Also, since computers are good at mundane and repetitive 
> tasks, simple shell scripts that go through systems checking things 
> would be economical.

A good example of these automated checklists is the ./configure script 
that comes with most applications that are distributed in source form.