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goalieca on May 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Evolution of C Programming Practices: A Study ...

if (False) goto error;

vs.

if (False) throw ExceptionE;

Gibbon1 on May 11, 2018 | [–]

Ehem

   if(False) longjump(error, 1);

   vs

   if (False) throw ExceptionE;

hindsightRegret on May 11, 2018 | | [–]

Good job, compiler :)

jimmy1 on May 11, 2018 | [–]

You highlighted in this comparison why I hate exception handling in OOP languages, and just generally the common practices prescribed for handling errors.

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