And yet &quot;panics&quot; exist, with very similar semantics to exceptions in C++&#x2F;Java&#x2F;Python&#x2F;Ruby.<p>Sure, there&#x27;s differences between Go panics and any one of those implementations of exceptions (just as there are between them, or between any of them and Perl 6 exceptions.) But panics are clearly a variation on the exception theme, just as each of those forms of exceptions is.<p>The strong idiom of not having panics exposed across public interfaces of libraries is a cultural change, which to the extent that it is followed does present a simplification compared to ecosystems where you have to deal with both returns and exceptions in library code. But panics very much are exceptions, and changing the name doesn&#x27;t change that.