From: Bob Gustafson <bobgus@...>
Date: 2001-10-07T02:45:23+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22162] Exception Handling - DDJ article

Hi

There is an interesting article in the latest (Nov 01) issue of Dr Dobbs
Journal (DDJ) on the implementation of exception processing (and signal
handlers) for language backends.

The article is "Exception Handling in Kylix" by Eli Boling and Chuck
Jazdzewski.

Kylix is the Linux version of Borland's Delphi. Both authors are working
for Borland.

The authors make a plea to language developers to morph their backend
exception handling to a form that would allow better portability and
support of multiple languages over multiple platforms through more
standardization of the backend exception processing.  Seems like a worthy
goal.

The web site cited in the article is the FreeCLX project
(http://freeclx.sourceforge.net/)

I don't know whether Ruby's backend exception processing needs anything
like this, but the article was a very interesting read.

BobG