Sure, in a desktop program you do. In embedded exceptions are a scourge because they crash your program until someone can get back out there to power cycle it.

Sure, in a desktop program you do. In embedded exceptions are a scourge because they crash your program until someone can get back out there to power cycle it. At least with return-codes you can continue execution even if you failed to effect the change you wanted. If that was ancillary to the system’s core function then the system keeps running.