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as far as oddities are concerned, what about java.lang.NullPointerException for a language that is free of pointers ?

• mikejb 9y ago
  Thinking about this: For 'Object x', x is nothing but a (typed) pointer. Pointer manipulation is heavily limited, but technically, Java has pointers.
  • toolslive 9y ago
    it's a reference, not a pointer (fe, you cannot get its value/address), so it should have been NullReferenceException or NullDereferenceException (or something similar)
    • pjmlp 9y ago
      You can get its address via the unsafe package, and Panama will provide an alternative API to do it.
• adrianmsmith 9y ago
  C# named their version right: NullReferenceException.