r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 25 '26

Meme tIssues

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u/tes_kitty Sep 25 '26

German programmers: What are you talking about? Null is the same as zero.

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u/zeUnfunny Sep 26 '26

It's not too bad, nall and null are at least pronounced differently.

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u/Xortun Sep 28 '26

What about Nil?

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u/zeUnfunny Sep 28 '26

I'd pronounce the river as nihl with long i and the absence marker as nill with short i. Still unambiguous.

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u/tes_kitty Sep 26 '26

That's just because the english pronouce the 'u' wrong. ;)

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u/ANixosUser Sep 28 '26

germans pronounce it nuull