1
Java 8’s new Optional type doesn't solve anything
When Java 8 was released, I was excited to see the new Optional type. The null reference is a common source of errors in most languages…
Read writing from W. Brian Gourlie on Medium.
Visit medium.com/@bgourlie → RSS feedOn Hacker News Oct 2015 – Sep 2017
Software Engineering 2Society, Policy & Culture 1Programming Languages 1
When Java 8 was released, I was excited to see the new Optional type. The null reference is a common source of errors in most languages…