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Patrick Logan is not impressed with the new Nullable Types in C#:

An explanation of Nullable Types which is a new concept in C# 2.0, as far as I can tell because the language designer did not get the concept of objects quite right. (For earlier evidence, consider the C# concepts of boxing and stack allocated structs vs. objects, read up on their justifications, and then consider the languages that don't expose boxing to the typical developer.)

The more layers of muck that get added to a type system, the more you have to wonder if the designers ever have the thought that they took a wrong turn somewhere...