On 5/31/2017 5:37 PM, John Colvin via Digitalmars-d wrote:
P.S. Sometimes I do feel D is a bit eager on the self-destruct switch, but I think the solution is to rise to the challenge of making better software, not to be more blasé about pretending to know how to recover from unknown logic errors (exposed by unexpected input).
This.. exactly this. I've worked on software from the tiny device level to the largest distributed systems in the world and many in between. The ones that are aggressive about defining application correctness through asserts and similar mechanisms and use the basic precepts of failing fast are the most stable. Problems are caught early, they're loud, obnoxious, and obvious. And they get fixed, fast.
I'm happy that D takes a similar stance. It makes my job easier. - Brad
