the
    world would be a better place.</p>

    <p>Sometimes, <code>catch(...)</code>, is still the most appropriate
    pattern, in spite of bad interactions with OS/platform design choices. If
    you have no idea what kind of exception might be thrown and you really
    <i>must</i> stop unwinding it's probably still your best bet. One obvious
    place where this occurs is at language boundaries.</p>
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