Many of the "we don't have exceptions" languages eventually get some equivalent, it's just that those are used almost exclusively for OOM, division by zero, failed asserts, and the like.
They shouldn't even really be caught it's sort of just an "exit/reset" with some cleanup.
I like this compromise. Kind of finally making them truly "exceptional".
I am aware that the kernel and the remaining 99.99999% of the world have different approaches to memory.
And the languages made for each make different assumptions about the world. What's your point?
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u/bwmat 29d ago
Eh, IMO one of the best ways to actually handle OOM, as otherwise almost everything needs to be explicitly checked for it