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Exceptions in Programming Languages

Posted by Aashish Patil on March 18, 2008

A programmer has to deal with Exceptions in any of the modern day programming languages. "try .. catch" are words that Java or a .NET programmers are intimately familiar with.

Here is a short conversation that covers some common questions and best practices around Exceptions. The speaker is Victor Spivak, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect, EMC Content Management.

Topics covered include

  • Error codes vs. Exceptions
  • Checked vs Unchecked exceptions
  • Catching the Exception super class
  • Returning a null value or a boolean value vs throwing an Exception

Listen to the interview

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