[simon_void]

I really like languages with non-/nullable types like Kotlin and Rust! I used to work with Java for over a decade and therefore used to code very defensively against NullPointerException and now (with Kotlin) I just don't have to do this anymore. That being said there are two possible sources of nullpointers: from inside your program or from outside (e.g. the json your server got send wasn't fully initialized). The majority of NullPointers come from outside in my experience. Nullpointers from within you have to fix mostly once. but there's no end to what data send to you from outside your control can be missing. Of course you still have to validate/parse outside data when using Kotlin but since the type system then carries on which data has been validated, you can drop the defensive mindset that was appropriate in Java.

So if you have a self-contained, non-safety critical project and want to use/try out an arena-allocated memory approach using Odin seems fine (e.g. looking at you: "raytracing in a weekend").

So yeah, I think there's a niche of projects where the possibility of null pointers isn't a huge deal.

None of my work-related projects fall in that category though :D