EProgrammerNotFound exception in Delphi?

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In Delphi 2009, SysUtils.pas contains
this in line
425:

EProgrammerNotFound =
            class(Exception);

• Is
  this simply an href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_%28media%29#Software-based"
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  serious?


• When should this exception be
  raised?


• Does it also exist in Delphi Prism and/or Free
  Pascal?

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Q: Is this exception class still declared
in Delphi (currently XE7)?
A: Yes, and it is even href="http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/Libraries/XE7/en/System.SysUtils.EProgrammerNotFound"
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Nonstandard way to indicate software faults.

You can use EProgrammerNotFound as an alternative to indicate
software
faults detected at run
time.

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It is just the result of a long
day and we had gotten a little giddy. For many, many years (ever since I'd been on the
team), we'd always joked about replacing some error message in the compiler for one of
the most common errors with a similar message. Internally we've always joked and poked
fun at different things and people (mostly on the team itself). If you don't have a
sense of humor, you're destined to an early
grave.

It was a simple conversation;

"Oh, you should have raised the
EProgrammerNotFound exception in that function."
"LOL! We should add that
exception and see who notices."
"I wonder how much speculation there will be
about why it is there?"

So, I guess all I can
say is, "You've all played right into our hands ;-)... Buwahahaha!
pwned!"