http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/archive/2009/05/27/exceptions-data-validation-and-political-correctness.aspxWhen I first heard the term “exception handling” as a replacement for “error handling” I was not impressed. At first glance it seemed like political correctness gone wild and brought into computer science. I’d been calling it error handling for a longen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/archive/2009/05/27/exceptions-data-validation-and-political-correctness.aspx#9644982Thu, 28 May 2009 00:17:49 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9644982Avi Burstein<p>Thanks for bringing this up. As a self-taught programmer coming from the VB6 era, I never understood why there was so much emphasis put on structured-exception handling. Like you said, if I can expect it, then I can anticipate it and prevent it! In the end, I found uses for it, but I often think it is one of those things that are used more often than neccessary simply because it's supposedly the 'right way' to code.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9644982" width="1" height="1">