This is exactly what I observed when using OCaml: Although it provides exceptions, I almost never used them. Most things were a lot simpler to implement via pat

This is exactly what I observed when using OCaml: Although it provides exceptions, I almost never used them. Most things were a lot simpler to implement via pattern matching (http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/html/book-ora016.html http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/html/book-ora016....).