metzger@heathcliff.columbia.edu (Perry Metzger) (08/05/86)
Hello, all. The posting of a SetJmp-LongJmp brings to mind a question I have had for a long time. Why is it that when he designed Modula-2, Wirth explicitly left out any exception handler mechanism like SetJmp? I have heard that he hates exception handlers. Why is this? They seem at times to be extremely useful. Does anyone know why he thinks so poorly of such mechanisms? And if he does have a good reason for disliking them, should we be encouraging non-portability by using privately created versions? .pm Perry Metzger Arpanet: metzger@heathcliff.columbia.edu UUCP: ...![seismo, topaz]!columbia!heathcliff!metzger