Don't rescue Exception, rescue StandardError

Ruby should almost never rescue Exception. The page contrasts Ruby with C# and Java, where catch (Exception) can be used to rescue all exception types, and says Ruby code should instead rescue StandardError.

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• In C# or Java, catch (Exception) rescues all exception types.
• In Ruby, Exception should almost never be rescued.
• The recommended default in Ruby is to rescue StandardError.