Spec#, nullables and more

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/5/10 4:31 PM, Denis Koroskin wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:44:58 +0300, Walter Bright
> <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>
>> To eliminate null pointers is the same as shooting the canary in your
>> coal mine because its twitter annoys you.
>
> I'm tired of pointing out that NO ONE is talking about eliminating null
> pointers, but rather extending an existing type system to support
> non-nulls. Your hate towards non-nullables comes from misunderstanding
> of the concept.

I agree it's a big misunderstanding, in fact a couple of layered ones.

Andrei