http://jsfiddle.net/G83mW/14/ is an interesting testcase. Low-overhead try/catch is possible, but not all browsers seem to do it.
@mconnor Used to be try/catch couldn't run in Ion, so any function containing it was slow. Even if the try-catch wasn't in the hot code.
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