RE: i5/OS is better than Linux.

[<Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<snip>
I don't know why it would be desirable for the operating system itself to 
provide this functionality. The trend is actually in the opposite direction.
</snip>

Off the top of my head, consistency across applications, speed of development 
(not having to code the error handling), not reinventing the wheel.

Rick 

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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 10:47 AM
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Subject: Re: i5/OS is better than Linux.

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:51:08 -0400
"Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> your welcome to explain further. I have the Stevens books on Unix 
> programming and there is no mention of exception handling.

That's a very good book, but it doesn't cover everything. Exceptions can be 
thrown and caught in several dozen languages that run in UNIX-like operating 
systems.

> or the structure of the call stack.

That probably varies widely by architecture, etc.

> I am sure there is source code debugging, but it is all handled by the 
> language compiler, not the OS like you see in i5/OS or the .NET CLR.

There are many, many facilities that use different methods and techniques. See 
ptrace, gdb, valgrind, etc. There are so many debugging tools available that it 
would be a difficult task to even summarize the main ones.

I don't know why it would be desirable for the operating system itself to 
provide this functionality. The trend is actually in the opposite direction.

--
Brian Lewis
http://www.i5sec.com/

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