Yes and no. When a language has exceptions the code is perpetually wrapped in a fallible computational context. When the Result is reified as a type, you have t

Yes and no. When a language has exceptions the code is perpetually wrapped in a fallible computational context. When the Result is reified as a type, you have the option (ha!) to write code that the type system guarantees won’t fail. This is nice. Let’s not talk about panics, shall we?