From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Joel Salomon <salomo3@cooper.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] same functions everywhere
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Date: Thu,  8 May 2003 14:35:38 -0400
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> > > C doesn't need a low-level string type, nor does it need exceptions; what
> > > programmers who are looking for those things need to do is look for
> > > another language.
> >
> > And what language is going to give it to them?  C++?  Ha.  Ha ha ha.
>
> No, Limbo.
 From http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/4e/limbo1.html:

> We have added exception handling to the Limbo language, replacing
> sys->rescue etc. This is intended to make it more straightforward to
> write fault-tolerant subsystems.
clip..
> The source changes to Limbo applications are relatively small, and the
> result is tidier.

Is there any data available on the exception handling in the new Limbo?
(syntax, implementation, etc)

I'd like to see what a "good" (in labs/vitanuova developer's view)
implimentation of exceptions looks like.

--Joel