From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0373FBC0A for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:20:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de (fmmailgate01.web.de [217.72.192.221]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBABKZl0017650 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:20:35 +0100 Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate01.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9F8644DB0E7 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:18:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from [84.165.171.234] (helo=wiko) by smtp06.web.de with smtp (WEB.DE 4.107 #114) id 1GtMhD-0002Df-00 for caml-list@inria.fr; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:18:15 +0100 Message-ID: <000d01c71c4d$d5f8a450$15b2a8c0@wiko> From: "Andreas Rossberg" To: "caml-list" References: <004501c71c40$b52e8d00$15b2a8c0@wiko> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Today's inflamatory opinion: exceptions are bad Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:25:02 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Sender: AndreasRossberg@web.de X-Sender: AndreasRossberg@web.de X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 457BED83.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; rossberg:01 erlang:01 erlang:01 fame:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 andreas:01 andreas:01 thesis:01 thesis:01 exceptions:01 philosophy:02 let:03 guess:04 approach:08 "Tom" wrote: >> >> I guess Joe Armstrong (of Erlang fame) would have to say a lot about how >> to >> deal with failure properly. According to him, and the seemingly >> successful >> Erlang philosophy (which is, "let it crash"), attempts to locally handle >> errors are exactly the wrong approach. See his very insightful thesis. > > Would you please be so kind as to appoint us to the very thesis you have > in > mind? Sorry, yes. You can find it on his homepage: http://www.sics.se/~joe/thesis/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf - Andreas