posted 22 years ago
I believe it's because a RunTimeException can always be thrown(wihtout declaring it in a throws statement) and since RunTimeException is a subclass of Exception (and thus also Throwable), it's ok if you set up a catch trying to catch Exception or Throwable since a RunTimeException is an Exception.
If I'm wrong someone please correct me.
[ February 01, 2002: Message edited by: Rick Reumann ]