[Joke] C++ and D namings

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On Wednesday, 20 January 2021 at 01:04:07 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 1/19/21 4:50 PM, Q. Schroll wrote:
>> In C++, the noexcept specifier means you cannot throw anything.
>> In D,   the nothrow  specifier means you cannot throw 
>> Exceptions, but anything else.
>
> Except that in C++, noexcept really means you can throw 
> anything but you're not supposed to. Important distinction...

I've never understood why that is. Do you have any insight into 
why noexcept is so useless? Why was it designed that way?