Re: [tlug] using rusage

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2008-06-23 10:25 +0900 (Mon), Edward Middleton wrote:

> Curt Sampson wrote:
>> You might also have a look at Erlang, where it's common practice not to
>> bother with error-checking code, and "let it fail" is the usual mode of
>> operation.
>>   
>
> But the failure is still picked up at a higher level in the application (at 
> least it is if you are writing fault tolerant applications) so it is not 
> like errors are unhanded and result in killing the application.

Indeed. Since the error is picked up and dealt with elsewhere, we
have yet another case where it's a better trade-off not to write very
fault-tolerant code.

We've seen this sort of discussion before. It seems that the, "It's
always better to do blah-blah-blah" rules always have exceptions.

cjs
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