Spec#, nullables and more

[Walter Bright]

bearophile wrote:
> Gary Whatmore:
> 
>> I know myself when my pointer is null.
> 
> You are unusual then:
> http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/3186

The $10 billion mistake was C's conversion of arrays to pointers when passing to 
a function.

http://www.drdobbs.com/blog/archives/2009/12/cs_biggest_mist.html

Sadly, there's an ongoing failure to recognize this, as it is never addressed in 
any of the revisions to the C or C++ standards, and is missed by the supposedly 
"safe C" alternatives.