A nullpointer exception in java is the exact same notification that C gets. A segmentation fault has nothing to do with C, it's an exception raised by the CPU.

A nullpointer exception in java is the exact same notification that C gets. A segmentation fault has nothing to do with C, it's an exception raised by the CPU. Printing a stack trace also has zero to do with C, but I would bet that the code generating the trace information in the JVM and others is usually written in C, as is the signal handler that handles it. It is amazing that the people who rely on high-level languages think they can stomp on lower-level languages like this, without even realizing that virtually _all_ the features they talk about are made possible by low level languages and are implemented in them. New C programs get written all the time. They work. They move your world, every day, like clockwork.