Lovin' Kotlin since 2015

When i see the benefits of using swift regarding null pointer exception, and seeing people mention the same benefit about kotlin, i realize that npe-safety is now the standard for any language that claims to be "modern".

Which makes me wonder how golang creator didn't provide some sort of facility to prevent them by default. i know people will tell me they don't see them in practice, but in my experience, and also seeing other people make their first steps with the language, they do.