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From: claird at Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Cameron Laird)
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Date: 2 Apr 1999 15:56:58 -0600
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Subject: Dealing with faults matters (was: Is Python dying?)
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References: <7ds2g4$cm8$1@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <000901be7b41$cdc84f20$f19e2299@tim> <7dt2pv$1mj$1@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <3706f449.12085377@news.cybercity.dk>
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Message-ID: <7e3efa$j7v$1@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
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In article <3706f449.12085377 at news.cybercity.dk>,
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Morten Christensen <mmc at vip.cybercity.dk> wrote:
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>On 31 Mar 1999 06:01:03 -0600, claird at Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Cameron
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>Laird) wrote:
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>>*I* certainly discuss it. Anyone who understands
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>>that exception-handling is important I invite to
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>>realize that exception-handling on the sociologi-
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>>cal-organizational dimension has an even bigger
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>>multiplier.
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>>This is a plank of my "Visual C considered profes-
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>>sional malpractice" campaign.
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>
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>???
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>...I understand exception handling and regard it as very important,
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>although the (Visual) C++ implementation is really awful (as everyone
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>who have experienced "unexplainable" Visual C++ exceptions of unknown
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>origin and type knows ).... I also know a lot about how exception
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>handling is actually implemented in modern OO languages such as C++
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>(this was the subject I wrote my master thesis on)....
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>
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>HOWEVER, I have NO clue about what you mean by exception-handling as a
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>multiplier on the sociological-organization dimension :-) I would like
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>to find out. Can you explain?
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Happily.
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Excuse my giddiness, please; I see that that
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last message *did* wander too far into the
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land of obscurity.
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Here's what I was saying: exception-handling
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is important. Programs that intelligently
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use exception-handling mechanisms are better
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programs.
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Exception-handling is even more important to
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people. People and organizations that deal
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with exceptions intelligently, and don't pre-
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tend that everything should be without fault,
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are better people and organizations.
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In fact, a correct computer program often
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has over half its lines devoted to accomo-
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dating error. A wise person will have good
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ways to respond to criticism/problems/diffi-
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culties/...; dealing with success is
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relatively easier.
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--
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Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html
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claird at NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX
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