Why exceptions for error handling is so important

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 1/11/2015 2:48 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> However, if exceptions are thrown for errors instead, the programmer has to
> deliberately add code if he wishes to ignore the error.

Interesting that this article just appeared:

   https://blog.golang.org/errors-are-values

by Rob Pike on error handling in Go. He concludes with:

   "But remember: Whatever you do, always check your errors!"

Which sums up why exceptions are better!