Table based unwinding is just one implementation choice. You can make other choices, some of which compile to code similar to error values. See Herb Sutter's de

Table based unwinding is just one implementation choice. You can make other choices, some of which compile to code similar to error values. See Herb Sutter's deterministic exception proposal. https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p0709r4.pdf https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p07... Your post is a fantastic example of the problem I'm talking about: you're conflating a concept with one implementation of the concept and throwing away the whole concept. Language design and implementation are different things, and as an industry, we used to understand that.