Thorough use of 'if' statements or 'try/catch' blocks?

Question

Give me some of your thoughts on which is a better coding practice/makes more efficient code/looks prettier/whatever: Increasing and improving your ability to use if statem

Answer 1

this debate (2003) was good:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2003/10/13.html

http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200310/joel_on_exceptions.html