Verity Stob Professions : Columnist Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Verity Stob The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong. Verity Stob lap errors mind Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a tract of 19th century Africa. Verity Stob unusual computer language This does not mean that I fail to recognise that Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and condescension. It just means that I have no idea how, or indeed if, Lisp handles exceptions. Verity Stob keys mean ideas Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques such as recursion and condescension. Verity Stob condescension-and technique keys Similar Authors Bert Leston Taylor columnist Byron York columnist Brian Reynolds Myers columnist Antoinette Bosco columnist Arthur Bryant columnist Art Spander columnist All Authors