On Saturday, 3 March 2012 at 10:13:34 UTC, bearophile wrote:
Walter:Adding in software checks for null pointers will dramatically slow things down.Define this use of "dramatically" in a more quantitative and objective way, please. Is Java "dramatically" slower than C++/D here?Bye, bearophile
It's not a fair comparison, because the Java JIT will optimize the null checks away...
Signal handlers might be the answer though, if the same behavior can be guaranteed on all major platforms...
