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Software engineers are facing an 'identity crisis bordering on depression,' Menlo Ventures partner says
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There are many C++ features that make the language worse. Exceptions is one of them. It's not strange to have them banned.
Critical systems often only allow you to use a subset of the language. Dynamic (heap) allocations, recursive functions, exceptions are features that are often banned. In medical devices, safety is critical, so it makes sense. Otherwise you could get a Therac-like scenario due to an unhandled exception.