If you're going to have errors anyway (and you are), then it's better to have er...

mcv on March 31, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Lisp is a Big Hack and Haskell is Doomed to Su...

If you're going to have errors anyway (and you are), then it's better to have errors that fail fast and early and in a clearly identifiable way. NullPointerExceptions are easy.