# Understanding User and Kernel Mode

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**Created:** [January 3, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/understanding-user-and-kernel-mode/405 "2008-01-03T00:00:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/understanding-user-and-kernel-mode/405/43 "2008-01-04T00:00:00Z")

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gogolo:  
if you can circumvent the use exceptions why not go ahead : for  
example in c# the TryParse () method is a good exception work-around

If I recall correctly, if you reflect TryParse() you get something like this:

bool TryParse (object obj)  
{  
try  
{  
return Bool.Parse(obj);  
}  
catch (e)  
{  
return false;  
}  
}

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