AFAIK they’re not seriously considering it as a keyword, but they agreed that in all discussion about the semantics of exceptions they will use “yeet” as a placeholder for the keyword, so people will actually discuss the semantics and not whether the keyword is gonna be “raise”, “throw”, “except” or whatever (so-called Bikeshed Effect)

Using the C++ standard library beyond the C backwards compatible parts? What devilry is this‽

One, two, three, they gonna run back to me

Climbing over mountains and a-sailing over seas

One, two, three, they gonna run back to me

They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave

• Elle King - Ex’s and Oh’s

…I suppose that’s what Elon hopes will happen with his Ex- erm I mean X-users.

IT support, on the other hand, is more akin to exorcism. In a shaking voice the terrified user describes all the classic signs of a possessed computer, yet when you enter their cubicle and ask them to show you the polterbug, it has already fled in terror and the computer is working flawlessly again. You perform the ritual of reboot anyway, just to be sure.

If the Headquaters are situated in the ocean, they are Headqwaters.

Relevant XKCD