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Open Source Programmers Stink At Error Handling

Posted by timothy on from the abort-fail-retry dept.

Mark Cappel writes: "LinuxWorld columnist Nick Petreley has a few choice words for for the open source community in 'Open source programmers stink at error handling'. Do you think commercial software handles errors better?"

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  1. Re:I think I've got it down by tcc · · Score: 1, Redundant

    1.1

    main( arguments ){
    try{
    --code goes here--
    }catch( exception ){
    printout "I'm sorry $username, I'm affraid I can't do that"
    }}

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    --- Metamoderating abusive downgraders since my 300th post.