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by LelouBil 542 days ago
I don't know any language that has exceptions and also has no try/catch type syntax.

> But, this isn't you complaining about checked exceptions vs Result

Yes, I said so exactly

> The debate is not really checked exceptions vs Result, it's try/catch vs map_err (and friends)

The fundamentals are the same, you are forced to handle/discard/Buble up any error, but in my mind (and I assume a lot of other developers), the word "exception" means try/catch, even though like I said the fundamentals are the same.