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you're not wrong... Null by itself is sort of crazy in a binary system, but I see that as more a problem with binary representing reality rather than the other
by exabrial 6y ago
you're not wrong... Null by itself is sort of crazy in a binary system, but I see that as more a problem with binary representing reality rather than the other way around. It's a handy abstraction in that sense but a nightmare for systems level programming.
- setr 6y agoThe concept is useful, the implementation is not. You really just want better ergonomics for enums, and encode the many ways NULL is meant to mean that way