[article] Language Design Deal Breakers

[Walter Bright]

On 5/26/2013 7:26 AM, Peter Alexander wrote:
> A language that
> statically enforces the programmer to check for null would help here.

I'm not arguing it won't help. I've been working in the background on a 
NotNull!T template.

I'm arguing that the benefits are being oversold. It's like saying null pointers 
are the vast bulk of programming bugs. I just find that to be so obviously untrue.

Making non-nullable pointers is just plugging one hole in a cheese grater.