> Clojure doesn't stop you from passing null anywhere As a C++ programmer (oh, the horror!) I'd say that's an issue with Clojure rather than the general princi

> Clojure doesn't stop you from passing null anywhere As a C++ programmer (oh, the horror!) I'd say that's an issue with Clojure rather than the general principle. And also one of the reasons I like the pointer/reference distinction in C++ (the former allows null values, the latter does not). But sure, that changes my interpretation somewhat. It doesn't really change program safety, however.