Fixing C's Biggest Mistake

[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 01/01/2023 2:58 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> I know I'm not convincing anyone, and that's OK. Seg faults are a marvel 
> of modern CPU technology, but 99% of programmers regard them as uncool 
> as a zit. D will get sumtypes and pattern matching and then everyone can 
> do what works best for them. D has always been a language where you can 
> choose between a floor wax and a dessert topping.

You convinced me ages ago.

I was saying it a few days ago on Discord, why we don't add null checks 
for things like classes, because the CPU already does it! Only issue is 
when it doesn't give you a stack trace.

> Personally, I'm most interested in sumtypes and pattern matching as a 
> better error handling mechanism than throwing exceptions.

So am I.

The only difference is, I want it automatic as part of throw/try catch 
statements.

I should really finish off that DIP...