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Re:Why Java exceptions are slow (and Common Lisp conditions ... by st3fan on Sunday January 18, 2009 @10:54AM (#439401)
Talking about things being 'godawful slow' is lame without showing context and timings.
Re:Why Java exceptions are slow (and Common Lisp conditions ... by st3fan on Sunday January 18, 2009 @11:01AM (#439408)
Caught 1000000 exceptions in 859 millis

See http://kip.sateh.com/ExceptionsAreSlow.txt