This applies to all languages with nil. The alternative being options (like ocaml)
It actually doesn't. Languages like Kotlin, C# and TypeScript special case null in the type system and allow you to specify whether or not a given type should include null or not.
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It actually doesn't. Languages like Kotlin, C# and TypeScript special case null in the type system and allow you to specify whether or not a given type should include null or not.
This. The bizarre way nils work in Go is completely over my head.
Nil receivers are such a thing to have