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>Interesting - so Parse() throws exceptions all the way back up the chain - two in StringToNumber and two more in Int32 ParseInt32 ; TryParse() has none.
>I prefer TryParse() evne more than I did before :=}

I remember reading about TryXXX()

The intent is to avoid the cost of the exception


some reading
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1282252/how-much-more-expensive-is-an-exception-than-a-return-value
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ricom/archive/2003/12/19/44697.aspx