Python is DOOMED! Again!

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Sun Feb 1 11:34:27 EST 2015


Devin Jeanpierre wrote:

> It's really only dynamically typed languages that have a single null
> value of a single type. Maybe I misunderstand the original statement.

Pascal is statically typed and has a single null pointer compatible with all
pointer types. C has a single nil pointer compatible with all pointer
types. I expect that the Modula and Oberon family of languages copied
Pascal, which probably copied Algol.



-- 
Steven




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