[zefei]

I think what the article is addressing is likely not what is being discussed in this thread. The article ("Unfortunately, I often see solutions abusing exceptions" followed by using exceptions to replace if statements) is very likely discussing poor understanding of the topic from student assignment rather than actual code in the industry. Such mistakes (abuse of exceptions in the article) often go away once students become actual professionals because these mistakes are more easily caught during code review than other types of common mistakes.