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Re:The general value of typed functional programming lies in... by Smaug123 on Monday February 24, 2020 @01:10PM (#22406576)
Nulls leak exactly as badly as optionals, except it's additionally impossible to tell where nulls have leaked to.
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Re:The general value of typed functional programming lies in... by a1369209993 on Monday February 24, 2020 @02:28PM (#22407480)
Actually, nulls leak worse than optionals, because it's impossible to tell where nulls have leaked to (so you end up forgetting to filter out a null at a interface where you would have decided to filter out a maybe).
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