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Probably the second most expensive mistake after 'null'. Discuss... :)
by DrBazza 6y ago
Probably the second most expensive mistake after 'null'.
Discuss... :)
- burntoutfire 6y agoWhat 'null' mistake?
- DrBazza 6y agoTony Hoare apologising for inventing the null reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare#Apologies_and_retractions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare#Apologies_and_retra... > This has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes, which have probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years.[26] So much time, and therefore money, working around `\` escaping characters in file paths.