Solution to eloquentjavascript exercise second 2nd edition (Chapter 8) eloquent javascript

eloquentjavascript_solutions_chapter_8.js

// Solution to eloquentjavascript exercise second 2nd edition
// Chapter 6
// http://eloquentjavascript.net/2nd_edition/preview/08_error.html
// Retry
function MultiplicatorUnitFailure() {}

function primitiveMultiply(a, b) {
  if (Math.random() < 0.5)
    return a * b;
  else
    throw new MultiplicatorUnitFailure();
}

function reliableMultiply1(a, b) {
  try {
    return primitiveMultiply(a, b);
  } catch (e) {
    if (e instanceof MultiplicatorUnitFailure) {
      return reliableMultiply(a, b);
    } else {
      throw e;
    }
  }
}

function reliableMultiply2(a, b) {
  for (;;) {
    try {
      return primitiveMultiply(a, b);
    } catch (e) {
      if (e instanceof MultiplicatorUnitFailure) {
        continue;
      } else
        throw e;
    }
  }
}

console.log(reliableMultiply1(8, 8));
console.log(reliableMultiply1(6, 6));
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