Nope, `doStuff().then(function(value)" != try`

A closer representation would be `try { var value = doStuff()` which has similar verbosity.

ES6 will have generators and "arrow" function syntax. Meaning:

  doThing().then(function(value){
     //blah blah blah
  })
  .catch(function(err){
     //handle it
  })

becomes either:

  try { 
    var value = yield doThing();
    //blah blah blah
  } catch (err) {
    //handle it
  }

or

  doThing().then(value => /* blah blah blah */)
    .catch(err => /* handle it */);

meaning you can pick your paradigm :) Except that the functional one composes slightly better, perhaps.

  doThing().then(value => /* blah blah blah */)
    .catch(only(ParseError, err => /* handle it */));

vs

  try { 
    var value = yield doThing();
    //blah blah blah
  } catch (err) {
    only(err, ParseError); // argument repetition
    //handle it
  }