I would add: the reason it is a issue in C++ is because the algebra around pointers doesn’t support the NULLs explicitly: - the results of any operations ove

I would add: the reason it is a issue in C++ is because the algebra around pointers doesn’t support the NULLs explicitly: - the results of any operations over nulls run as if the pointer were not null - while anyhing you do in SQL with NULL would explicitly have a mapping to either a correct value or another NULL This is all said knowing that it’s quite easy to understand why is that the case.