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From: lars.farm@ite.mh.se (Lars Farm)
Subject: Re: Why C++ is successful
Date: 1998/08/02
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Matthew Heaney <matthew_heaney@acm.org> wrote:

> It was during his Turing Award speech that Tony Hoare warned that "the
> fate of mankind" was a stake because Ada included ... exceptions!
> Imagine what he'd say about a language that mandated garbage collection.

Are you saying tht GC would introduce a larger risk for incorrect
programs than exceptions? If so, why?


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