Falsehoods programmers believe about null pointers
Falsehoods programmers believe about null pointers
Null pointers look simple on the surface, and that’s why they’re so dangerous. As compiler optimizations, intuitive but incorrect simplifications, and platform-specific quirks have piled on, the odds of making a wrong assumption have increased, leading to the proliferation of bugs and vulnerabilitie...
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Very misleading writing style IMO. I would say most of their bullet points ARE actually true in most cases... they just keep bringing up somewhat rare/exotic exceptions as a way to call it a "falsehood".
A claim which is mostly true is false. Programmers should pay attention to details, since that is all computers know.
Not everything can be easily boxed into Boolean categories so no, a mostly true claim is not simply false. You are erasing the key context and nuance to make this foolish absolute statement.