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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,99e2dadd49ce1936 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93" Subject: Re: Exception Handling Date: 1996/09/17 Message-ID: <96091718200832@psavax.pwfl.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 183925192 sender: Ada programming language comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU x-vms-to: SMTP%"INFO-ADA@VM1.NODAK.EDU" newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-vms-cc: CONDIC Date: 1996-09-17T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen writes: >DEC Pascal triggers exceptions when constraints are violated, and >catching them is done in a vendor-specific manner. I would assume >the discussion is not limited to standard-based implementations, >because then we would not be talking about who originate the concept >but rather whose committee was quickest to adopt research. > I've long admired the quality of DEC compilers ever since using their Fortran-10 on the PDP-10. I have two questions: 1) At what point in time did they extend "standard" Pascal with some form of exception processing? 2) Could you show a "simple" example of how a user might raise & handle the exception? Thanks. MDC Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 561.796.8997 M/S 731-96 Technet: 796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Fax: 561.796.4669 P.O. Box 109600 Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600 Internet: CONDIC@FLINET.COM =============================================================================== "Don't say yes until I finish talking." -- Darryl F. Zanuck ===============================================================================