Why exceptions for error handling is so important

[Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d]

On 1/12/15, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> I've found another problem with Windows Moviemaker, it can read, but cannot
>
> write, movies larger than 4Gb. Looks like some sort of internal 32 bit
> overflow.

If you haven't read this I highly recommend it, just for the
entertainment value:
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2008/06/24/full-text-an-epic-bill-gates-e-mail-rant/