Exactly. The author thought that using C++ means you are forced to use exception handling, despite the fact that most C++ engineers don't use it. And he had thi

Exactly. The author thought that using C++ means you are forced to use exception handling, despite the fact that most C++ engineers don't use it. And he had this dumb idea about doing non-trivial things in constructors, another thing most experienced C++ engineers don't do. I don't care what experience he claims to have; he is a noob.