diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
index 207428d4..ecfc3c5f 100644
--- a/include/fmt/format.h
+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
@@ -80,39 +80,30 @@ FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 }
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE
 
-#ifndef FMT_THROW
-#  if FMT_EXCEPTIONS
-#    if FMT_MSC_VER
-//TODO: why is this only for MSVC builds?
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-namespace internal {
-#define FMT_FAST_FAIL 1 /*TODO: remove before relase, here for testing purposes */
-#if FMT_FAST_FAIL
-	template <typename Exception> [[noreturn]] inline  void do_throw(const Exception& x) {
-		terror(x.what());
-	}
-#else
-template <typename Exception> inline void do_throw(const Exception& x) {
-  // Silence unreachable code warnings in MSVC because these are nearly
-  // impossible to fix in a generic code.
-  volatile bool b = true;
-  if (b) throw x;
+// terror == terminating error
+[[noreturn]] inline  void terror(const char msg_[BUFSIZ]) {
+	::puts("\n\n\nFast exit on {fmt} error with message: ");
+	::puts(msg_);
+	::perror("\nPOSIX error message: ");
+	std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
+namespace internal {
+	template <typename Exception> 
+#ifndef FMT_EXCEPTIONS
+	[[noreturn]] 
 #endif
+	inline void do_throw(const Exception& x) {
+#if FMT_EXCEPTIONS
+		throw x;
+#else
+		terror(x.what());
+#endif
+	}
 }  // namespace internal
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE
-//TODO: why is do_throw() only for MSVC builds?
-#      define FMT_THROW(x) fmt :: internal::do_throw(x) 
-#    else
-#      define FMT_THROW(x) throw x
-#    endif
-#  else
-#    define FMT_THROW(x)                        \
-      do {                                      \
-       fmt :: terror(x.what())  \
-      } while (false)
-#  endif
-#endif
+
+#define FMT_THROW(x) fmt :: internal::do_throw(x) 
 
 #ifndef FMT_USE_USER_DEFINED_LITERALS
 // For Intel and NVIDIA compilers both they and the system gcc/msc support UDLs.