Is python exception handling more efficient than PHP and/or other languages?

Question

I have it drilled into my head that (at least in PHP) it is badbadmojo to use try... catch blocks for flow control. What I\'ve learned is to use them only to h

Answer 1

the great Alex Martelli gives a good overview of EAFP vs. LBYL in the book 'Python In A Nutshell'. (He heavily leans towards using EAFP)

def worth reading:
http://books.google.com/books?id=JnR9hQA3SncC&lpg=PA134&ots=JaaWGy-24u&dq=alex%20martelli%20eafp%20lbyl&pg=PA134#v=onepage&q&f=false