I know. C.A.R. Hoare who invented null, called it his Billion Dollar Mistake. ht... | Hacker News

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		scns on Aug 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Am I stuck in a local maximum? I know. C.A.R. Hoare who invented null, called it his Billion Dollar Mistake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare?wprov=sfla1

DonHopkins on Aug 13, 2021 [–]

A bad bet which, as Anders Hejlsberg rightly pointed out, JavaScript doubled down on.

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