On Sunday, 5 June 2022 at 07:21:18 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
You can make the same argument for an interpreter: if an assert fails in the intrrpreter code then that could be a fault in the interpreter therefore you should shut down all programs being run by that interpreter.
Typo: if an assert fails in the interpreted code, then that could be a sign that the interpreter itself is flawed. Should you then stop all programs run by that interpreter?
The point: in the real world you need more options than the nuclear option. Pessimizing everywhere is not giving higher satisfaction for the end user.
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