Exceptions in the Rainforest
October 21st, 2003
Ned Batchelder: Exceptions in the rainforest is a response to Joel Spolsky’s article on exceptions. He had a nice little breakdown of system code to go with his explanation of why exceptions are “better”:
In my experience, there are three layers to real code (from bottom to top, so this list might look upside-down):
* Adapting the software beneath you.
* Building pieces of your system.
* Combining it all together.
I agree with Ned’s article here. This is why exceptions are good. I think Ned is also making the argument for either using unchecked exceptions or for just transparently passing the exceptions all the way back up to the C layer.
