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> Since the creation of Java, the way compilation checks static types in a program had improved quite a bit, so Hoare invented the null pointer at the request of a customer who wished to turn off the ability to check types. During that time, Fortran programmers preferred to risk disaster over checking subscripts (having to check every reference so a program doesn’t crash).preferred to risk disaster over checking subscripts (having to check every reference so a program doesn’t crash).