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If nothing else, it is really interesting to see exactly why this is hard.
by phinnaeus 8y ago
If nothing else, it is really interesting to see exactly why this is hard.
- akerro 8y agoHistoric reasons, Java used to be bloated so things like these were not included, not computers are faster, have more memory and object metadata can be expanded.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago> have more memory The L in Java stands for Low Memory.
- akerro 8y agoNice joke from 2002
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y agoLast time someone was let down by Java...
- xxs 8y agopretty much since early 2000s java has always had 'free' null derefencing and OS traps for addressing the zeroth page. each dereference where NPE can occur has had 'metadata'. It's compiling metadata not object one.