Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> To me, one of the most important things a piece of code (whether it's an
> entire program, or just a single routine) can do is fail gracefully.  If
> it fails, enough context and information should be given that you know
> why it failed.
>
> iTunes is absolutely horrible at this.  Apparently, Apple thinks that
> "failing gracefully" means quietly ignore the error with no record of it
> being kept anywhere.  In other words, you don't even *know* there's an
> error.  Your only clue is that the expected result didn't actually
> occur.  Once you figure out there's been an error, you have no idea what
> caused it.
>
> Talk about bad practice.
>
> ...Chambers

I've had repeated problems over the years with Quicktime to the
point where I dread installing it.

-Mike

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