From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,99e2dadd49ce1936 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,99e2dadd49ce1936 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,99e2dadd49ce1936 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,99e2dadd49ce1936 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public From: Rick Decker Subject: Re: Exception Handling Date: 1996/09/12 Message-ID: <323855BA.5246@hamilton.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 180209304 references: <323750EA.167E@maths.usyd.edu.au> to: robbie@maths.usyd.edu.au content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: HAmilton College mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: rdecker@hamilton.edu newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Date: 1996-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Patrick Doyle wrote: > > In article <323750EA.167E@maths.usyd.edu.au>, > Robbie Gates wrote: > >Hi all, > > Just a quick query: > >Where did the concept of exception handling originate ? For example, > >which languages were first to support this, or which papers first > >proposed exception handling ? > > replies by email please, i don't read this group. > >- robbie > > Ha ha ha! > > Well, if you're not going to bother reading this, I won't bother > writing it. > > -PD Robbie, Perhaps a more felicitous wording might have been "please reply by email if you don't want to clutter up your group with replies to my query." Although opinions differ, it's usually considered polite when you ask a question of a newsgroup to lurk around for a few days to see what answers you get. Though most newsreaders give the option of an email response, that feature doesn't exist (or doesn't work) on all, so asking for an email response requires extra work for some people. BTW, PL/I is usually credited for first using exceptions, though rudimentary forms existed as far back as COBOL. Regards, Rick ----------------------------------------------------- Rick Decker rdecker@hamilton.edu Department of Comp. Sci. 315-859-4785 Hamilton College Clinton, NY 13323 = != == (!) -----------------------------------------------------