Best Practices for Performing Sequential Operations

try {
    if (!SendEmail()) {
        throw "Could not send e-mail";
    }

    if (!ArchiveReportsInDatabase()) {
        throw "Could not archive reports in database";
    }

    if (!CreateAFile()) {
        throw "Could not create file";
    }

    ...

} catch (Exception) {
    LogError(Exception);
    ...
}

try {
    SendEmail();
    ArchiveReportsInDatabase();
    CreateAFile();
    ...

} catch (Exception) {
    LogError(Exception);
    ...
}

class Compensator {
   Action Action { get; set; }
   Action Compensate { get; set; }
}

Queue<Compensator> actions = new Queue<Compensator>(new Compensator[] {
   new Compensator(SendEmail, UndoSendEmail),
   new Compensator(ArchiveReportsInDatabase, UndoArchiveReportsInDatabase),
   new Compensator(CreateAFile, UndoCreateAFile)
});

Queue<Compensator> doneActions = new Queue<Compensator>();
while (var c = actions.Dequeue() != null) {
   try {
      c.Action();
      doneActions.Add(c);
   } catch {
      try {
        doneActions.Each(d => d.Compensate());
      } catch (EXception ex) {
        throw new OhCrapException("Couldn't rollback", doneActions, ex);
      }
      throw;
   }
}

try {
    task1();
    task2();
    task3();
    ...
    taskN();
}
catch (TaskFailureException e) {
    dealWith(e);
}

try:
    SendEmail()
    try:
        ArchiveReportsInDatabase()
        try:
             CreateAFile()
        except:
            UndoArchiveReportsInDatabase()
            raise
    except:
        UndoSendEmail()
        raise
except:
    // handle failure

SendEmail () {
  # ...
}
ArchiveReportsInDatabase () {
  # ...
}
CreateAFile () {
  # ...
}

SendEmail && ArchiveReportsInDatabase && CreateAFile

return SendEmail() && ArchiveResportsInDatabase() && CreateAFile();