Quote: use implicit and explicit polling for asynchronous exceptions; use hierarchical disabling, queuing, and out of order delivery

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the underlying system must poll for the arrival … [an asynchronous exception] … necessarily immediate. … The combination of implicit and explicit polling gives … [p. 834] Because of the nonreentrant problem [of asynchronous exceptions during asynchronous exception handling], facilities must exist to disable asynchronous exceptions. … the improvement in programmability makes hierarchical disabling attractive. … queuing events is usually superior. … [p. 835] out of order delivery is necessary for … [but the details remain an open problem] …   Google-1   Google-2

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