[PRL] Joel on Software - Making Wrong Code Look Wrong

William D Clinger will at ccs.neu.edu
Thu May 12 08:17:02 EDT 2005


Doug quoting me:
> > If Doug is correct, then Joel's Rant Against Exceptions applies
> > to all languages that support both procedure calls and infinite
> > loops
> 
> Not to mention segmentation faults and bus errors!

Many languages have calls and infinite loops but lack support for
segmentation faults and bus errors.

Can you name a language that supports segmentation faults and bus
errors but doesn't allow calls and infinite loops?

Will



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