I'm reminded of an old Eric Lippert post about this. He basically says the same as you: boneheaded and fatal exceptions are not meant to be caught, and vexing a

I'm reminded of an old Eric Lippert post about this. He basically says the same as you: boneheaded and fatal exceptions are not meant to be caught, and vexing and exogenous exceptions are ordinary flow control. https://ericlippert.com/2008/09/10/vexing-exceptions/ https://ericlippert.com/2008/09/10/vexing-exceptions/