Exactly. So much magic and complexity just to perform the nil check behind the scenes. Also it has a bit of educational component. It's like a seatbelt. In som

Exactly. So much magic and complexity just to perform the nil check behind the scenes. Also it has a bit of educational component. It's like a seatbelt. In some societies people consider seatbealts annoying and irritating thing that restrict their freedom. They use seat belt plugs to get rid of that annoyance. Go just forces you to use it, regardless of your initial predisposition to the seatbelts.