Re: Ada exception block does NOT work?

["Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam@spam.com>]

Robert A Duff wrote:

> 
> Ada was certainly not the first language with exceptions.
> Does anybody know which one was?  And were they called "exceptions"
> and were they "raised" and "handled"?

Perhaps I should have added a smiley in there. But between Ada and those using 
the C++ notation, Ada was certainly first.

> Besides, there's an element of "pot calling kettle black" here.
> Ada misuses quite a few terms.  For example, pointers should be called
> "pointers" or "references", not "accesses".  And it's an abomination to
> use the term "integer" for a meager subset of the integers.  I believe
> the term "integer" to refer to the infinite set predates Ada somewhat.

I always thought the whole point of "access" was to not (seem to) require them 
to just be "pointers". Bounds information and the like can be part of an access 
value.

As for Integer, you're quite right, but it's also quite natural to use that name 
(or a shortened form of it) for such a subset. Such a usage is quite common in 
computer languages; see FORTRAN (1955?) for an example. What would be a better 
name for such a type?

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Jeff Carter
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