An Enteraining read about Exceptions vs Error Codes in applications programming, some bad language, plenty of analogies [don't know if that if the correct spelling :)] but a good read!
"Very little software really gets error handling right. Even many critical, backend server systems tend to break under heavy loads. And the vast majority of end-user applications handle errors gracefully only for the most well understood, commonly encountered conditions, but very poorly for most other conditions."
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Shades of Northanger Abbey! Tell me Scone also has a chest filled with mysterious papers and an old housekeeper named Dorothy.
Are you a member of the National Trust for Scotland USA because you have Scottish ancestry? How does one become a member of a National Trust?
I wouldn't be surprised; Glamis and Scone are still lived-in castles.
The NTS USA is basically just a way to raise American funds for preserving Scottish historic sites. Most major Scottish historic and conservation sites are run either by Historic Scotland or by the National Trust for Scotland; the latter is a conservation charity. National Trust for Scotland USA is a distinct but affiliated charity -- basically a 'friends of NTS' organization that regularly hands over part of its membership dues and fundraising to NTS in exchange for the same benefits NTS members in Scotland get (including free admission to NTS-run sites like The Georgian House and Falkland Palace). You can just sign up on the National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA website. They have different kinds of membership; individual membership is $65 a year. I signed up when it first was possible that we might be doing this trip -- I figured I'd see what it would allow, and even if it wasn't usable for the trip, I could just treat it as a donation for a good cause. (I probably only got back a third of it in free admission, but we also didn't organize the trip to focus on NTS properties.) And I do have Scottish ancestry, which, as you say, gives an additional reason. If you ever go to Scotland, the two handiest things to have are NTS access and a Historic Scotland pass.