is there any overheard with try/except statements?

[John Salerno]

Magnus Lycka wrote:
> John Salerno wrote:
>> Thanks guys! I had a feeling exceptions were nothing like in C 
>> languages (i.e. a pain to deal with).  :)
> 
> Since when does C have exceptions? (You're not confusing C with C++
> or C#?)

I meant C-based languages, like C#.