[PRL] Joel on Software - Making Wrong Code Look Wrong

[Joe Marshall]

> On May 11, 2005, at 7:53 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:

>> I haven't heard of Raymond Chen, but the fact that he supports
>> Joel's rant on exceptions immediately disqualifies him as "the best
>> programmer in the world".

Felix S Klock <pnkfelix at ccs.neu.edu> writes:

> Raymond Chen not only supports Joel's rant on exceptions, he also
> clearly states that he thinks its better policy to use error-code
> return value checking rather than exception.  (Not that exceptions
> are bad, just that he thinks he can program more effectively using
> error codes).

He *must* be the best programmer in the world if he can always
remember to check the return codes and construct his programs so that
both the normal and exceptional cases can share the exact same
continuation.  

And he has the spare time to write a blog, too.