>
>
> 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?

- Tom