The historical former building stood unchanged until 5-10 years ago. There was a historical plaque on that building. It has been demolished and replaced by a nameless large 5-story office building.
That was part of the idea behind them yes, as many things in WG21 design process, reality worked out differently, and they are no longer part of ISO C++ since C++17.
Although some want to reuse the syntax for value type exceptions, if that proposal ever moves forward, which seems unlikely.
I suspect that it's more about the geometry of best fitting people into the space. It allows the right amount of room for centerpieces and bread bowls and such. At least as far as the caterer and wedding planner are concerned, conversation is the last thing on their minds.
Those tables are intended for eight comfortably. They stretch to ten. You can do twelve, but everyone is gonna be cramped.
It's a size and shape that's so omnipresent one expects that it's some combination of geometrical efficiency, ability to pass/reach things, some flexibility in self-organizing conversational groups, and probably some other things such as not being too large to setup, teardown, and store.
Could be - making sure that everyone at the table always has a choice of conversation to listen to, instead of being trapped in one they have no interest in.
I doubt it's that explicit, though. Maybe it's just worked out better that way over the years, without anyone fully realizing the why?
I suppose that is because of social exclusion. If all the important things are coordinates online and in real-time, then those kids can't participate. Communicating with your peers is much harder when the peer's baseline is "I'll just write a chat message" and it would take considerably more effort to talk to the kid who doesn't have mobile internet access.
One area I recently learned about is the Kentucky Bend, which is encircled by the states of Tennessee and Missouri, so not connected to the rest of Kentucky. Before 1848, Tennessee tried to claim it.
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