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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:02:36 -0500
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Subject: Re: Ada Versus PL/I - The debate continues
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Peter Flass wrote:
> They were excluded because they were difficult to implement.

Sounds like a fantasy to me.

> Java with its "try/catch" has tried to re-introduce this.

Java and C++ exception handling, like Ada's, is purely static.

> Any other type of error handling is deficient.

Exception handling is the best way to handle errors.
If you need resume semantics, place an exception handler
closely around the statement you wish to resume, and loop.