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Re:Why should I have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012) by fao_ on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:07PM (#18669578)
> I disagree with your case, this is clearly an error because it should never get to dividing by 0.

> No you misread my refutation, I make no claims of the errorness or exceptionness of dividing by 0,

Hmmm.

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Re:Why should I have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012) by sethrin on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:27PM (#18669662)
I understand them to be saying that if execution is supposed to be halted before the division occurs, then whether the division is an exception or an error is a moot point.
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