"idiomatic, widely supported and immediately available" So is McDonalds, but that doesn't necessarily make it good for you. What Doug is getting at in his post

"idiomatic, widely supported and immediately available" So is McDonalds, but that doesn't necessarily make it good for you. What Doug is getting at in his post is that there are cleaner and more interesting (and often more useful) ways to deal with exceptions, apart from writing out incessant try-catch-finally blocks. disclaimer: I work with Doug