Exceptions are extremely controversial in programming language circles. They reduce encapsulation, and the try/catch syntax as seen in java encourages bad error

Exceptions are extremely controversial in programming language circles. They reduce encapsulation, and the try/catch syntax as seen in java encourages bad error handling. Any idiot can put their whole program in a giant try/catch block. It's really a hard design problem. I agree that some form of error handling should be a language default, but I'm not sure if "traditional" exceptions should be it. As a C++ dev who has worked on projects with and without exceptions, I can say there is pros and cons to both.