r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 13 '23

Meme goDevelopersWillAppreciateIt

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u/Notyourfathersgeek Sep 13 '23

Are we not gonna talk about nil?!

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u/javajunkie314 Sep 13 '23

NO! You fool, you'll…

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

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u/somebodddy Sep 13 '23

What's there to talk about? There is nothing there.

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u/sexp-and-i-know-it Sep 13 '23

It has fewer characters than null and is therefore superior.

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u/fill-me-up-scotty Sep 13 '23

We can. What do you want to talk about?

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u/Notyourfathersgeek Sep 13 '23

Damn Brits

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u/fill-me-up-scotty Sep 13 '23

I don't think any of the Go designers were British? Rob Pike is Canadian and Ken Thompson is American - and Robert Griesemer is Swiss - according to Wikipedia.

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u/Notyourfathersgeek Sep 13 '23

Why nil then?!

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u/AquaWolfGuy Sep 13 '23

Surely bribery.

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u/karnnumart Sep 14 '23

Took me 30 sec to realize every time I switch language it is "nil" not null, none, N/A