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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: JOB:Sr. SW Engineers Wanted-Fortune 500 Co
Date: 2000/02/01
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In article <t7bt606bro.fsf@calumny.jyacc.com>, Hyman Rosen <hymie@prolifics.com> writes:

> But it's exactly that mechanism that led to the Ariane 5 crash. I have
> argued before that *not* catching such errors at runtime might be a
> better approach, because it's possible that such an error would cause
> only slight local effects which would quickly damp out, whereas invoking
> error handling leads to massive global effects.

And some small fraction of automobile collision victims who are not wearing
safety belts are "thrown clear".  Exceptional cases do get more press.