JC> Exceptions in C++ are conceptually a bit similar to the ON ERROR
 JC> conditions in BASIC, though the BASIC version is basically global in
 JC> nature while C++'s version is basically block structured (no big
 JC> surprise there...)
you should read about ANSI BASIC / TrueBASIC. They use a
block-structured error handler thing, exactly the same as C++ and Java,
only the keywords change. MS never really cared about it, though, as
they thought: we are BASIC. (and they're probably right about it, but
only as a pun)
matju
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