What language was the first to implement exception handling?

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This question is not a technical but a historical one. I was just thinking today that I\'ve also thought of Java as the \"first\" language to use exception handling, until I

Answer 1

Programming Languages: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition, by Kenneth C. Louden (a notable textbook on programming languages) notes that "Exception handling was pioneered by the language PL/I in the 1960s and significantly advanced in CLU in the 1970s. However, it was only in the 1980s and early 1990s that design questions were largely resolved" (283).