Change the name of ArrayBoundsException in druntime

Bill Baxter wbaxter at gmail.com
Thu Oct 23 18:55:09 PDT 2008


On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Robert Fraser
<fraserofthenight at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps I'm simply getting old... when did memory use become irrelevant?
>>  I grant that making an application exception safe is more difficult if out
>> of memory conditions are considered recoverable, but I don't think it's
>> tremendously more difficult.
>
> I'm currently studying Computer Engineering at university. I don't think a
> single programming course I've taken has _mentioned_ running out of memory
> (next quarter I'm taking Operating Systems, so hopefully that will). One
> class mentioned memory complexity as a side issue, but never got into it.
> Even at work, I've never been asked to think about it.

People do still develop for embedded devices with small memory and/or
no virtual memory.
I'm pretty sure it's still a serious concern if you live in that world.

--bb



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