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Re: Please rename TRY to something else

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   Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:17:19 +0100
   From: Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

   > Can you suggest another name?  TRY seems the natural one.

   What about "try/catch"? (try-with-catch)

But aren't 'try' forms, for example Java's, Bigloo's, and SRFI 43's,
always 'try-with-catch'?  What would a 'try' without a catch look
like?
                                        -Richard