Abstract
In contrast to interrupts, which represent external events, signals are used to handle internal exceptional conditions arising during the execution of selected statements. Examples for signals are arithmetic overflow, division by zero or end-of-file.
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Werum, W., Windauer, H. (1982). Signals. In: Introduction to PEARL. Programm Angewandte Informatik. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-85763-7_22
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