On Monday 22 August 2011 04:38:44 Mihai Donțu wrote: > On Windows, the compiler uses the built-in exception handling feature > called SEH, which is language agnostic. On Linux, the entire exception > mechanism is provided by libstdc++ with some help from the dynamic > linker and it can only handle application level exceptions, not > operating system ones (eg. segmentation fault). SEH is actually a generic term. See this for more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301714.aspx -- Mihai DONȚU Linux Software Developer BitDefender ------------------------------ Email: mdontu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +40 212 063 470 ------------------------------ www.bitdefender.com unices.bitdefender.com