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The non-deterministic catch and throw mechanism and its subject reduction property

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A simple programming language and its typing system is introduced to capture the catch and throw mechanism with its non-deterministic feature. The subject reduction property of the system, which compensates for the unpleasant feature of the non-determinism, is shown.

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Neil D. Jones Masami Hagiya Masahiko Sato

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Nakano, H. (1994). The non-deterministic catch and throw mechanism and its subject reduction property. In: Jones, N.D., Hagiya, M., Sato, M. (eds) Logic, Language and Computation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 792. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0032394

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