>Your "unless" is the same as saying in a language like Java And "our language is just bad as java" is a pretty awful sales pitch. >That is still probably tru

>Your "unless" is the same as saying in a language like Java And "our language is just bad as java" is a pretty awful sales pitch. >That is still probably true, but I don't think its a bad thing. No it is not a bad thing. It is a terrible thing. >I attribute this to the fact that we were forced to handle every error. But you aren't forced, that's the problem. >Some people like exceptions, but I've always liked Go's way of things in this department. Some people like proper error signaling and handling instead of either of the broken choices you suggest.