[billmcneale]

> 7) Of course you can check for exceptions, you just don't need to add a bunch of throws clauses all over your code base to get the error bubbling up to the place where you want to handle it.

These clauses allow static verification. In other words, the compiler will remind you to handle the error cases.

If you fail to do this and the compiler doesn't nag you, you can bet that most developers will never bother doing it.