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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] same functions everywhere
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 19:45:14 +0200
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> The problem with embedded error recovery in predicate-transform
> approach is that the Boolean expressions become unwieldy very
> quickly; by their nature exceptional conditions are a wart that
> don't fit cleanly into the main logic flow.  If you cram them
> into the main flow anyway, then the complexity increases to the
> point that no programmer can completely grasp it.

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