Language: Add ToBoolean, EMIBenchmark: try blocks

Modules.Language/Utils.vb

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Public Class Utils
         Return [Enum].Parse(GetType(T), value)
     End Function
 
+    Public Shared Function ToBoolean(input As String) As Boolean
+        If String.IsNullOrEmpty(input) Then Return False
+        Return (input.Trim().ToLower() = "true") OrElse (input.Trim() = "1")
+    End Function
+
     ''' <summary>
     ''' Checks a value for three different `null` values,
     ''' Nothing, Empty String, DBNull