You can divide embedded systems between industrial control systems and headless consumer devices, like set-top boxes or smart TVs. For the latter, you really don't want to invoke a device reset every time the input stream is malformed.

true, but I would not consider a set-top tv a true embedded system, rather a specialised user-facing system. So yes, you wouldn't reset a user facing system.

I would characterise embedded systems as those having to maintain functionality without user intervention.

(also, comms issues such as input stream errors are the normal program logic, i.e. defined error cases).

That depends entirely on what your embedded system is doing.

True, however people who come from languages such as Python, where it is much common to handle exception rather than using `if else` checks. I think this is kind of stubbornness on dev's part not to change their coding patterns depending upon the platform.

Ada (Ravenscar profile) allows exceptions: http://www.sigada.org/ada_letters/jun2004/ravenscar_article....