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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: stupid question: how can I finish a program?
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tmoran@acm.org wrote in message news:<gPG69.5381$Ot1.248134805@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>...
> But it doesn't accomplish the "murder the kids, then 
> yourself" multi-task suicide.

Of course it does (read the RM!)

> What are the important differences between the 
> environment task aborting itself vs having it execute:
>   declare
>     Emergency_Exit : exception;
>   begin
>     raise Emergency_Exit;
>   end;

Obvious difference: only the environment task can usefully
do the latter, whereas anyone can abort the environment
task (i.e. any task).