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Re:Current hardware trends make C++ exceptions harder to jus... by jawilson2 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:02PM (#30435115)
If our system (algo trading) throws an exception, we collect core dumps from all threads, error messages go to all of our dashboards, and the system waits for a graceful restart. Exceptions almost always are due to something that should NEVER happen, and we will push out a fix ASAP. It is "exceptional" because we expect the call rate to be 0.00000%.

I keep reading how terrible exceptions are, and the examples are almost always in hot inner loops. If a junior dev put this code in a PR (a senior dev should NOT be doing this), we would require them to fix it.

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Re:Current hardware trends make C++ exceptions harder to jus... by kllrnohj on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @06:33PM (#30435378)
Do you do that because that's how you want the language to work or because that's how the performance constraints required you to design your system?

Your argument seems to be that "well, yeah, of course exceptions should suck, you shouldn't ever use them" and just... being happy with that? The purpose of the paper is to say "hey, maybe exceptions shouldn't be a dumpster fire piece of hot garbage?"

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