The C++ requires exceptions, so with -fno-exceptions, the compiler is not standards compliant. However, the big companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google simp

The C++ requires exceptions, so with -fno-exceptions, the compiler is not standards compliant. However, the big companies like Apple, Facebook, and Google simply don’t care about standards compliance in their internal C++ code bases. At least, not as an end goal. There are a lot of good talks about this.