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NULL pointers working the way they do was a design decision made my hardware engineers a long time ago because it saved some transistors when that mattered. We’re past that point now for most ASICs and hardware can be changed. Although backward software compatibility is a thing too.

Getting the chip stable is one thing. Getting all the various software applications that one uses test their chip is another, and a lot of hardware companies won’t have experience there. Then there is customer code…

Given the tone of the article I’m sure it was tongue-in-cheek humor and not an error.