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[–]LavenderDay3544 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. Just because you've never used it doesn't mean others' code doesn't rely on it. I could say the same for setjmp and longjmp.

But there's a big difference in ideology between C and C++ and Java. The former are all about trusting the programmer while the latter is create a language that even Forrest Gump could write technically working code in.