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Haskell does not have nulls. Java 8 introduced Options, and now there are nulls and Options. Please tell me you didn't just add SideEffects to a language full

• superlucky84 10mo ago
  I understand the concern. The intent isn’t to add more side effects to an already side-effectful language. It’s closer to the opposite: trying not to handle side effects all over the place, but to surface them as part of a single, explicit flow. This is less about adding something like Option to a language without nulls, and more about making control-flow boundaries visible in a multi-paradigm language where effects already exist. It’s not an attempt to pretend the language is pure, just a small step toward more declarative discipline.