By "immediately", I meant as you write the code. Type the code, hit return, and you have an error. "Immediately" you have to decide add a try or change the me

By "immediately", I meant as you write the code. Type the code, hit return, and you have an error. "Immediately" you have to decide add a try or change the method signature. I think this causes premature exception handling, just because the programmer wants to get moving along with the code. Checked/unchecked seems to mirror static/dynamic typing, but it doesnt. It's orthogonal. Exception handling is an application specific implementation strategy, but checked exceptions force a "religion" on you.