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minus-squareCodeMonkey@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoThey forgot the Erlang approach: throw exceptions but never catch them. If you are throwing an exception either your code is wrong or your system is bad. In either case, you should crash violently and let another instance handle the retry.
minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoDo they then they extensively use algebraic data types like rusts Option?
They forgot the Erlang approach: throw exceptions but never catch them. If you are throwing an exception either your code is wrong or your system is bad. In either case, you should crash violently and let another instance handle the retry.
Do they then they extensively use algebraic data types like rusts Option?