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Subject: Re: Press Release - Ada 2012 Language Standard Approved by ISO
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On Sunday, December 23, 2012 8:44:54 PM UTC-6, sbelm...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>=20
> Recall that exception specifications in C++ was a god-awful nightmare, an=
d has since been depreciated.  It makes it nearly impossible to write anyth=
ing useful, since if subprogram A raises exception E, then any subprogram A=
 calls during its body must also only ever raise E, and it's turtles all th=
e way down.

Except that we have a superior language in Ada --  the ability to have nest=
ed subprograms can minimize that. Also, the compiler could catch-and-reject=
 any such mistake the programmer makes.  in this regard -- we already do it=
 for Restriction pragmas, right?