Nope - just as messages on this newsgroup (some time back). However, if you're looking for information on potential drawbacks of exception mechanisms (other than the discussion in my paper), you could look at cases where their use has been restricted in a particular domain. For example, the SPARK Ada subset might have some restrictions in this area; see http://www.praxis-cs.co.uk/. There also might be some guidance in the ISO technical report on the use of Ada in high-integrity systems (my copy is at work, so I don't have a better reference handy...) "Antonio F. Vargas" wrote in message news:981335641.476020@cachalote.ip.pt... : : Ken : : In the document you say: : "The author has, in fact, publicly criticized the use of Ada exceptions" : Do you have this criticism available as an other on-line document? : : : Ant�nio F. Vargas :