[prog] Java exceptions: finding out the source

[Mary]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2004, Mary wrote:
> Somewhere in the code, this exception is being produced:
> 
>     Exception in thread "main"

I ended up finding out (from the project mailing list) that this error
happens when you don't put a certain .jar file in the classpath.

I'd still be interested in people's thoughts on what makes Java produce
such a useless error message...

-Mary