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On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:20:23 -0700, Peter Duniho
<NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:24:56 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

[snip]

>> In theory more exception handling should be better. But I guess
>> that a pretty big portion of that exception handling simply is
>> not good enough.

     It does tend to get something just to shut up the compiler.

>In theory.  But it's not at all clear to me that the extra exception
>handling in Java isn't just to work around the fact that checked exceptions
>exist.

[snipped middle]

>But when a language makes a programmer jump through hoops just to comply
>with a syntactical requirement, where in other languages the lack of
>hoop-jumping does not appear to result in less-reliable or
>less-maintainable code, I start to question just how useful that
>hoop-jumping is, even as I tend to agree with the underlying sentiment that
>led to it.

     Nicely stated.  I am of the same view, and you captured it very
well.

     Unintended consequences are still consequences.

     It may not be nearly as elegant, but I still prefer BASIC's ON
ERROR GOTO handling.  Yes, one had to sort through the error numbers,
but that made it easier in some ways.  One could code something to
handle the few cases where there was a specific handling and then use
a catch-all for the rest.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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can't throw bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-09-11 13:16 -0700
  Re: can't throw markspace <-@.> - 2012-09-11 13:34 -0700
    Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 14:15 -0700
  Re: can't throw Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-11 17:02 -0400
    Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-11 14:17 -0700
      Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-11 21:21 -0400
        Re: can't throw Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-09-11 21:59 -0700
          Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-12 09:18 -0700
            Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-12 19:09 +0200
            Re: can't throw markspace <-@.> - 2012-09-12 10:56 -0700
            Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:36 -0400
              Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-12 18:29 -0700
                Re: can't throw Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-09-12 18:34 -0700
                Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 21:37 -0400
                Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 21:54 -0400
          Re: can't throw Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-09-12 11:27 -0600
          Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:24 -0400
            Re: can't throw Peter Duniho <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com> - 2012-09-13 22:20 -0700
              Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-14 09:49 -0700
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-14 20:50 +0200
                Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 13:02 -0700
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-14 14:06 -0700
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-14 13:16 -0700
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-14 23:07 +0200
                Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-14 14:28 -0700
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-16 20:04 -0700
        Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:16 -0400
          Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 23:15 -0700
        Re: can't throw Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-09-14 17:33 -0500
          Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-16 15:46 +0200
            Re: can't throw Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-09-16 12:17 -0500
              Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-16 22:36 +0200
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-16 20:07 -0700
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-17 07:41 +0200
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-17 09:51 -0700
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-17 21:00 +0200
                Re: can't throw Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-09-17 13:23 -0700
                Re: can't throw Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2012-09-17 18:52 +0200
                Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 11:22 -0700
                Re: can't throw Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-09-17 02:52 -0500
                Re: can't throw Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-09-17 02:39 -0500
                Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-17 21:02 +0200
  Re: can't throw markspace <-@.> - 2012-09-11 14:28 -0700
  Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-11 21:14 -0400
    Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:11 -0400
  Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-12 08:31 +0200
    Re: can't throw bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-09-12 11:40 -0700
      Re: can't throw Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-09-12 15:50 -0400
      Re: can't throw Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-12 12:52 -0700
        Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-12 23:24 +0200
          Re: can't throw Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-09-12 15:10 -0700
            Re: can't throw Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-09-13 23:32 +0200
    Re: can't throw Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-09-12 18:06 -0400
  Re: can't throw Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-09-12 20:55 -0700

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