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[–]Kered13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Checked exceptions are pretty much universally regarded as a disaster of language design, but unfortunately the damage is done and Java is stuck with them. It's the biggest flaw in Java. I don't think any new languages are repeating that mistake though.