The main problem is to decide what really an exception is. One can make the point that, in 99% of the cases, exceptions in a function should be handled as predi

The main problem is to decide what really an exception is. One can make the point that, in 99% of the cases, exceptions in a function should be handled as predictable actions. If a correct client needs to deal with it, it is better to use if/else than a try/catch clause. The later almost always makes to code more obscure and difficult to understand. There is a reason why in professional C programs most of the code goes to error handling: it is necessary. The equivalent Java code will just have one try/catch per line of code, or just let exceptions crash the app.