From: "Florian Aßmann" <florian.assmann@...>
Date: 2007-07-12T18:42:53+09:00
Subject: Re: recue-raise vs catch-throw

Hi Vin Raja,
> I wonder if anyone could better explain me the difference between
>  rescue-raise and catch-throw paradigms
imho, with rescue you catch exceptions and with catch and throw
(opposite of continuations :) you skip the rest of a catch block with an
optional return value...

see http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/pickaxe/html/tut_exceptions.html
for a more detailed explanation...

Regards
Florian