Yeah, so the null checks become annoying if you use only language fundamentals. Java has a culture of having a layer above fundamentals. We're past all that a

Yeah, so the null checks become annoying if you use only language fundamentals. Java has a culture of having a layer above fundamentals. We're past all that already. I am discussing the ergonomics of their null checking APIs, particularly in the context of pipelining (or streaming, in the Java world). I find them quite comfortable.