There is nothing interesting about pointer dereferencing errors (or their slightly-more-turd-polished equivalent, null references). Absolutely nothing at all.
Most programmers will spend a non-trivial amount of their career fussing over them, however, and any programming education program that doesn't at least touch on how to identify them and what to do is pedagogically void.
Most programmers will spend a non-trivial amount of their career fussing over them, however, and any programming education program that doesn't at least touch on how to identify them and what to do is pedagogically void.