Checking against NULL will be eliminated?

[Neil Cerutti]

On 2011-03-03, Tom Zych <freethinker at pobox.com> wrote:
> Carl Banks wrote:
>> Perl works deterministically and reliably.  In fact, pretty much every
>> language works deterministically and reliably.  Total non-argument.
>
> Well, yes. I think the real issue is, how many surprises are
> waiting to pounce on the unwary developer. C is deterministic
> and reliable, but full of surprises. 

Point of order, for expediency, C and C++ both include lots and
lots of indeterminate stuff. A piece of specific C code can be
totally deterministic, but the language is full of undefined
corners.

> Python is generally low in surprises. Using "if <identifier>"
> is one place where you do have to think about unintended
> consequences.

Python eschews undefined behavior.

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Neil Cerutti
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