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Exception handling can be a very personal and complex topic. The C language gave the programmer very few exception handling capabilities, as the programmers wanted more control over exceptions themselves. Thankfully, the C++ standards committee crafted a simple, but powerful form of exception handling for the C++ language that still gives the programmer quite a bit of control. Many coders eschew this method that I will present shortly, so more power to you. Most of the information I learned on C++ exception handling was from the wonderful Deep C++ column on MSDN.

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