null in a language with stacktraces is not the end of the world. Null is a value and compared to other erroneous values it's much easier to find and fix. Often

null in a language with stacktraces is not the end of the world. Null is a value and compared to other erroneous values it's much easier to find and fix. Often it is not erroneous, it's extra information that you can use to make a decision. I really don't get it because in many years of programming, in practice, null pointers are one of the least of my worries.