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[–] kubica@fedia.io 64 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Empty string used to be like my own version of null pointer.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 47 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, you worked at Oracle by any chance?

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dark times…

Like -1 for an Int nil value.

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Which language can nil an int?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Just cast it. /s

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Probably some monad magic idk functional programming.

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 10 points 3 weeks ago

easy there satan