Fact 1: There are always bugs or unforeseen events in software. Fact 2: When there is an unforeseen event, the developer did not consider what to do. Fact 3:

Fact 1: There are always bugs or unforeseen events in software. Fact 2: When there is an unforeseen event, the developer did not consider what to do. Fact 3: Developers often deal with other people's buggy code. It's clear that exceptions aren't the perfect solution to anything, but given these 3 facts, exceptions are around to stay.