Is “Dying is Awesome” preferred?

Question

Recently I attended Jeffrey Richter\'s training courses about .NET. He mentions one strategy of coding \"Dying is awesome\". That is, don\'t write \"catch (Exception ex)\" e

Answer 1

You can always setup a custom error handler and ignore catching exceptions that you aren't prepared to handle. Trying to recover from unknowns may have negative consequences too if the right conditions are met. But then again, that really does depend on what the exception is and how you're handling them.

On the other hand - I think people get to overwhelmed with the whole "exceptions are evil" mentality. They are a tool, and if used appropriately, can have astonishing perks. However, many people misuse them by wrapping root with catch(Exception)..