title: Are Exceptions in C++ really slow
body: <p>I was watching <a href="http://isocpp.org/blog/2012/12/systematic-error-handling-in-c-andrei-alexandrescu" rel="noreferrer">Systematic Error Handling in C++—Andrei Alexandrescu</a> he claims that Exceptions in C++ are very very slow.</p>
  
  <p>Is this still true for C++98?</p>