>1) try / catch >I'm not the most experienced java programmer (a year or so
>while i was at school), but i really disliked having to
>check for errors from a method with two separate blocks of
>code. I disliked even more the fact that you had to know
>the specific exception that each method would throw.


Actually I believe that the Java exception handling is quite elegant.
As a developer, you should already have an idea of where your errors might occur
(hence Perl's DIE, which you place after where you think a problem will occur),
and what type they will be (you expect to get an int and the user inputs a double brings about a ParseException)
and so writing Try/Catch statements makes sense. It localizes the error handling to the code that is most likely to bomb out.
Just my $0.02

In reply to Buzzcutbuddha: (Java Exception Handling)Re: What is it about perl that makes perl so cool? by buzzcutbuddha
in thread What is it about perl that makes perl so cool? by zigster

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.