> So even with exceptions off one pays the price either in the form of non-standard library or accepting non-optimal performance. Holy moving goalposts, batman

> So even with exceptions off one pays the price either in the form of non-standard library or accepting non-optimal performance. Holy moving goalposts, batman! The "don't pay..." thing has only ever applied to runtime, there nothing in there about not having to write more code yourself, etc. (It's also a bit dubious in the first place. Chandler had a good talk about this at one of the CppCon's, IIRC. Can't be bothered to look it up, but it should be on YouTube.)