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In article <MATT.95Sep19103925@physics3.Berkeley.EDU>,
Daniel S. Barclay <daniel@compass-da.com> wrote:
>
>In the design of exceptions and exception handling, has the language
>design committee (or implementors or whoever) reviewed VAX/VMS exception 
>handling and its capabilities?  

(Description of VAX/VMS resumable exception deleted.)

First, exeptions are discussed at length in

	Bjarne Stroustrup: "The Design and Evolution of C++".

Second, the main arguments against resumable exceptions were:

	- more complex mechanism, both to comprehend and implement
	- tighter binding between library and caller
	- experience shows that terminating exceptions are
	  powerful enough

Third, the issue was discussed for about a year.  I think it was
around 1991.

Dag Bruck
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