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As an aside every time I come across a Raymond Chen article I remember this post from Joel Spolsky - https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/05/11/making-wrong-code-...

I remember very distinctly this quote about him:

> The only person in the world who leapt to my defense was, of course, Raymond Chen, who is, by the way, the best programmer in the world, so that has to say something, right?

So in my mind I've made the connection that Raymond Chen = best programmer in the world since then haha.

This is an interesting article, because it's a product of its time: modern languages solve a lot of these exact problems. I think this is a resounding success that they have correctly identified a genuine problem that people used to struggle with (safe types, exceptions) and make it standard and correct and ergonomic.

Hah, I had the same experience. Saw microsoft.com and thought "it's gonna be a Raymond, I can feel it"

It is a very provocative title. I guessed Raymond Chen as well. Of course he delivers an interesting deep dive behind the title.