[Info-vax] How dangerous is it to be able to get into DCL supervisor mode

[Bob Koehler]

In article <ojj3gf$ola$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> 
> My memory, remember, we're talking over 30 years, is that if the conditions for 
> an exception handler were met, whatever they are, then the exception handler(s) 
> will be invoked.

   There are many situations in which VMS will skip user mode handlers.

   For example, if you stop a process with STOP, user mode handlers get
   skipped.  We had a utility program that would do a force exit on the
   process instead.