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Null Pointer Exception

This is why I don't program in Java:
import java.util.ArrayList;

class Program
{
   class Person
   {
       public Person partner;
   }

   class Prostitute extends Person { }
   class Eunuch extends Person { }

   private Prostitute prostitute;
   private Eunuch eunuch;

   public static void main(String[] args) {
       Program p = new Program();
       p.run();
   }

   public void run() {
       eunuch.partner = prostitute;
   }
}

> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException

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  1. Jani HartikainenMarch 30, 2010 at 6:23 AM

    So you don't program in Java because it throws a NullPointerException, correctly, when trying to use a null object reference?

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  2. Timothy BoronczykMarch 30, 2010 at 9:41 AM

    Perhaps I should have written "this is why I'm not *allowed* to write Java." I can't resist the temptation writing joke code like that (eunich couldn't meet up with the prostitute because of a null pointer) to amuse myself, especially when there's the misconception that there are not pointers in Java. Sophomoric humor? Sure. But we all have our downfalls.

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  3. degzhausMarch 30, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    Tim thinks installing the jdk is like giving your system a lobotomy =D

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  4. Jani HartikainenMarch 30, 2010 at 2:17 PM

    Yeah I actually totally ignored the whole "concept" you had in there and just looked at the code as code ;)

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