Null references redux

[Ary Borenszweig]

Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Denis Koroskin wrote:
>>  > On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:30:58 +0400, Walter Bright
>>  > <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>  >> D has borrowed ideas from many different languages. The trick is to
>>  >> take the good stuff and avoid their mistakes <g>.
>>  >
>>  > How about this one:
>>  > 
>> http://sadekdrobi.com/2008/12/22/null-references-the-billion-dollar-mistake/ 
>>
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > :)
>>
>> I think he's wrong.
> 
> Please, please, please, do some fun little project in Java or C# and 
> drop the idea of initializing variables whenever you declare them. Just 
> leave them like this:
> 
> int i;
> 
> and then later initialize them when you need them, for example different 
> values depending on some conditions. Then you'll realize how powerful is 
> having the compiler stop

I meant "spot"