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Re:Java Is Unsound: The Industry Perspective by lacampbell on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @07:14PM (#13477146)
> The best solution is obviously to use a functional language like f# where you can't have null pointers.

You absolutely can:

    Microsoft (R) F# Interactive version 14.0.23413.0
    Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

    For help type #help;;

    > let s:string = null ;;

    val s : string = null
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Re:Java Is Unsound: The Industry Perspective by tigershark on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:11AM (#13479922)
String is a .net type, f# types cannot reference null unless you explicitly add some attribute if I recall correctly.
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