[ros-dev] Re: [Freedce-devel] pthread_clear_exit_np()

[Steven Edwards]

On 4/28/06, KJKHyperion <hackbunny at reactos.com> wrote:
> 4) get these freaking bigots to learn how SEH works. SEH can implement
> everything you need and so much more. The DCE exception handling API? a
> portable subset of SEH. C++ exception handling? a type-safe wrapper on
> SEH, with less features. Just give up and adopt SEH, spare yourself a
> lot of pain reinventing it. It won't change how you do things now, and
> it will make everything easier. Concerns about portability? SEH worked
> unchanged on five completely unrelated operating systems (Windows,
> Windows NT, OS/2, VMS, Tru64) and countless hardware architectures (x86,
> Alpha, PowerPC, MIPS, ARM, Sh, IA64, x86-64, really anything that's ever
> been thrown at it)

SEH is also patented which means its dead in the water for most free
software projects.

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Steven Edwards

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