On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Peter Foelsche wrote:
"Stewart, Robert" <Robert.Stewart@sig.com> wrote in message news:DF2E67F3D097004694C8428C70A3FD69046F260E64@msgbal516.ds.susq.com ...
Others noted embedded environments -- very important today -- but let's look at a broader case.
I was talking about C++. C++ includes exception handling. C++ without exception handling does not make any sense, as one cannot perform a fallible resource allocation inside a constructor.
There is no official recommendation for the language in-between EC++ and C++ - C++ minus exception handling - AFAIK, but it is no secret that Boost is targeting that "language" as well, and also C++/CLI to some extent. Strange as it might seem, quite sensical programs have been created in this unnamed language, even though one cannot use the sometimes nifty feature of throwing in a constructor. So, I fail to see how it "does not make any sense." /David