Why exceptions for error handling is so important

[via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 12 January 2015 at 11:41:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> For me the primary advantage of EH is put the code to deal with 
> the error in the place where it is most appropriate to deal 
> with it. With error codes, you have to deal with propagating

Does this mean that D will get fast EH?