Another good Entry by Bruce Eckel
[...] I asked "why"? which produced a big discussion wherin I was told that if I kept advocating unchecked exceptions, cities would fall and civilization as we know it would cease to exist.
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At this point, a strong, statically-typed language would be sputtering with rage, insisting that this kind of sloppiness will cause disaster and mayhem. Clearly, at some point the "wrong" type will be used with command() or will otherwise slip through the system. The benefit of simpler, clearer expression of concepts is simply not worth the danger. Even if that benefit is a productivity increase of 5 to 10 times over that of Java or C++.
http://mindview.net/WebLog/log-0025
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