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Null References: The Billion Dollar Mistake - Tony Hoare1:01:59

Null References: The Billion Dollar Mistake - Tony Hoare

66K views • 7 years ago
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Tony Hoare's InfoQ talk in which he describes introducing null references in ALGOL W in 1965 and calls it his billion-dollar mistake. He discusses language designer responsibility and run-time checks.