this looks like a post from 2007 im shocked at the date

semiquaver · 2025-10-27T23:11:53 1761606713

Yeah, it’s based on an old post: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts/catalog/funct...

mrkeen · 2025-10-28T08:19:59 1761639599

And "I call it my billion-dollar mistake. It was the invention of the null reference in 1965" is from 2009.

Hopefully by 2045 these ideas will have gotten a little more traction.

diamondtin · 2025-10-27T22:47:49 1761605269

I saw Gary posted his blog link on twitter, and I really like his article. I really didn't expect it to surface up at this moment (2025), and it's referred from a google blog. :shrug:

vietvu · 2025-10-27T23:00:17 1761606017

Me too. Aren't we already doing this? This is the basic I have been taught first.