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0 vs null vs undefined - explained with toilet paper
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I like the pattern a lot more. It makes you just initialize the value and only keep it 'nullable' for where it's needed and then you need to check. Even .net implemented it (but a bit more awkward)
Yup. Programmers are really stupid, if the compiler forces us to explicitly handle weird situations that's a feature.