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Re:Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimality, safe... by majewsky on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @04:27AM (#12388342)
If that happens, I'll gladly look at it again. My point is that we have enough languages with unchecked access to nil values by now.
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Re:Zig: a system language which prioritizes optimality, safe... by jwatte on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:38PM (#12395601)
But how is a nil pointer segv different from a irrefutable pattern mismatch in Haskell, or "undefined is not a function" in JavaScript?
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