Why aren't variables declared in “try” in scope in “catch” or “finally”?

Question

In C# and in Java (and possibly other languages as well), variables declared in a \"try\" block are not in scope in the corresponding \"catch\" or \"finally\" blocks. For e

Answer 1

Because the try block and the catch block are 2 different blocks.

In the following code, would you expect s defined in block A be visible in block B?

{ // block A
  string s = "dude";
}

{ // block B
  Console.Out.WriteLine(s); // or printf or whatever
}