int main()

{

  try

  {

    all_constants::initialize_constants();

    all_dependent_statics::initialize_statics();

  }

  catch ( std::runtime_error &exc)

  {

    // eventually, log it somewhere

    std::cerr << "Could not initialize application. Check you props.txt file" << std::endl;

    return -1;

  }

  // ...

  return 0;

}