Comment on Anon tries programming in Java

svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• navi@lemmy.tespia.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I always loved that Java has a NullPointerException but doesn’t have the concept of pointers in the language (only references).

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  • dukatos@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That is because they planed to add pointers and then gave up.

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    • RogueBanana@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can’t tell if you are making a joke but I can believe it could happen if it’s Java

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    • morrowind@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean… they have them. And unsafe. You’re just not supposed to use them

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  • starman@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    C# has NullReferenceException and it actually makes sense.

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