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Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft
Date 2023-03-10 10:36 +0100
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On 10/03/2023 04:20, Öö Tiib wrote:

> It is all about the trend. Most platforms trap on division by zero for
> very long time. Yet the standards declare that they define nothing. 

No, most platforms do not trap on division by zero.

The solid majority of different types of platforms that are programmed 
in C (and C++ gets this stuff from C) are small microcontrollers and 
other embedded processors.

The solid majority of processor cores made and sold are small 
microcontrollers.


While it is true that pretty much all "big" processors and "big" OS's 
will trap on division by zero, the C and C++ world is very much wider 
than that.  And it is absolutely correct for the standards to say 
nothing about how division by zero should be handled (i.e., it should be 
left undefined behaviour).

There is a strong tendency amongst programmers to think that all 
processors are x86 or ARM, and all OS's are Linux or Windows. 
Fortunately, the C and C++ standards committees are not as limited.

(I am of the opinion that undefined behaviour is often a good thing for 
code that is clearly wrong, even if there were a consensus for how it 
might be treated in most hardware.  I want division by zero to be 
undefined, because it means debug tools and analysers can be used to 
help track such bugs in the code.  But that is an orthogonal issue.)

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"C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2023-03-07 15:38 -0600
  Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2023-03-07 22:08 +0000
    Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2023-03-07 16:25 -0600
      Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2023-03-07 23:10 +0000
        Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2023-03-08 08:40 +0200
        Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2023-04-05 19:30 -0500
      Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-03-07 23:21 -0800
        Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-03-08 16:10 +0000
          Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-08 19:47 +0100
          Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2023-03-08 11:21 -0800
            Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-03-08 19:49 +0000
              Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2023-03-08 12:08 -0800
        Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-03-08 09:52 -0800
          Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-03-08 10:18 -0800
            Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-08 20:45 +0100
          Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2023-03-08 19:20 +0100
            Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-03-08 14:10 -0500
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                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-03-08 14:29 -0800
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                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2023-03-08 18:11 -0500
            Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-03-08 12:28 -0800
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                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-09 01:12 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-03-08 16:27 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-09 13:52 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2023-03-09 12:47 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-09 01:08 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-03-09 02:08 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-09 14:06 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-03-09 07:14 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-09 20:32 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2023-03-09 12:42 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-10 00:30 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-03-10 15:01 +0000
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-10 16:38 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-03-10 16:36 +0000
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-11 10:43 +0100
          Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-03-08 12:59 -0800
          Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-03-09 03:03 -0800
            Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-03-09 12:12 -0800
              Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-03-09 19:20 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-10 10:36 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-03-10 04:27 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-03-10 05:13 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-03-10 06:05 -0800
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-10 15:59 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) - 2023-03-10 15:14 +0000
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                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-14 23:05 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-03-15 08:39 +0000
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-03-15 17:31 +0100
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2023-03-15 17:11 +0000
                Re: "C++ on the Move" by Darryl K. Taft Ben Bacarisse <ben.lists@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-03-15 00:10 +0000
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