Spec#, nullables and more

[Walter Bright]

FeepingCreature wrote:
> Walter Bright Wrote:
>> All that does is reinvent the null pointer seg fault. The hardware does
>> this for you for free.
> 
> Walter, I know you're a Windows programmer but this cannot be the first time
> somebody has told you this - YOU CANNOT RECOVER FROM SEG FAULTS UNDER LINUX.
> 
> Access violations are not a cross-platform substitute for exceptions.

Why would you want to recover from a seg fault?

(asserts in D are not recoverable exceptions)