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GeneralRe: 'Execudus' in Redmond: Top Microsoft execs get out Pin
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NewsSamsung's Big Developer Push For Galaxy-Specific Multiscreen Apps Pin
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Newsnull Considered Harmful Pin
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Rob Grainger13-Dec-13 22:56
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Rob Grainger10-Dec-13 22:45
Rob Grainger10-Dec-13 22:45 
That really isn't news.

Tony Hoare (the inventor of the null reference) wrote in 2009:
I call it my billion-dollar mistake. It was the invention of the null reference in 1965. At that time, I was designing the first comprehensive type system for references in an object oriented language (ALGOL W). My goal was to ensure that all use of references should be absolutely safe, with checking performed automatically by the compiler. But I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a null reference, simply because it was so easy to implement. This has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes, which have probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.

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NewsThe worst IT project disasters of 2013 Pin
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NewsElusive dark matter may have already been found Pin
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NewsInsane prediction of the year: Microsoft will merge with Apple Pin
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