From: Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: OT: A bit of Sudoku
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:18:48 -0700
Date: 2014-06-05T12:18:48-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lmqfqo$rj7$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lmqeoe$o76$1@dont-email.me>
On 06/05/2014 12:00 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> On the contrary, I think exception are perfectly appropriate for that:
> they allow to unwind the call stack directly up to the point where you
> want to catch it by providing a handler.
>
> I know that not everybody likes this idea, but to me exceptions are a
> powerful programming structure, not limited to handling errors.
As the name indicates, exceptions are for exceptional situations. Finding a
solution doesn't seem exceptional for a solver.
--
Jeff Carter
"If you think you got a nasty taunting this time,
you ain't heard nothing yet!"
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-05 17:49 OT: A bit of Sudoku Mike H
2014-06-05 18:30 ` Adam Beneschan
2014-06-05 19:00 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-06-05 19:18 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2014-06-05 19:43 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-06-05 20:05 ` Mike H
2014-06-05 23:12 ` Robert A Duff
2014-06-05 23:39 ` Adam Beneschan
2014-06-06 7:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-06-06 9:21 ` Georg Bauhaus
2014-06-06 13:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-06-06 15:47 ` Adam Beneschan
2014-06-06 17:09 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-06-07 6:03 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-06-06 14:13 ` Brad Moore
2014-06-13 0:21 ` Shark8
2014-06-13 6:30 ` J-P. Rosen
2014-06-13 10:10 ` Mike H
2014-06-13 12:37 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2014-06-13 15:47 ` Shark8
2014-06-05 20:03 ` Mike H
2014-06-05 20:40 ` Adam Beneschan
2014-06-06 9:10 ` Stefan.Lucks
2014-06-06 10:59 ` Mike H
2014-06-06 16:06 ` Adam Beneschan
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