[waltersx]

Then they don't care about applications being terminated in case of std::bad_alloc and similar.

The crucial applications they use are written by others (like the Linux kernel).

Also, having seen the output of several Googlers, I think their code quality is overrated.

[pansa2]

> Then they don't care about applications being terminated in case of std::bad_alloc and similar.

No, they don't: https://youtu.be/NOCElcMcFik?t=2304

[pjmlp]

   auto ptr = new (std::nothrow) ......
   if (ptr != nullptr) {
       //........
   }

Regarding STL, allocators with similar behavior can be provided.