Every so often when programmers are complaining about null errors/exceptions someone asks what we do without null. I have some basic idea of the coolness of option types, but...
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Why don’t more mainstream statically typed languages support function/method overloading by return type? I can’t think of any that do. It seems no less useful or reasonable than supporting...
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I’m trying to get a better understanding of the difference. I’ve found a lot of explanations online, but they tend towards the abstract differences rather than the practical implications....
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