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From: Nancy 3 <n3@gmai1.c0m>
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On 12/05/2011 9:01 PM, markspace wrote:
> On 5/12/2011 5:47 PM, Nancy 3 wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry. I assumed you wanted an ArithmeticException or some other
>> Java exception on overflow, rather than an application fault ala SIGSEGV
>> that brings down the whole JVM. :)
>
> SIGSEGV can be trapped and redirected to the JVM to handle. It's a
> hardware thing, not limited by any given implementation, *nix or otherwise.

Yes, but by then the stack has unrolled to wherever the handler is. The 
thread, at least, can't easily be restored to its previous state.