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For better or worse eval handles two very different roles:
  1. eval STRING is used to generate new code during run-time by evaluating the string during run-time.
  2. eval BLOCK is used for exception handling and is not not evaluated during run-time.
No idea why something more obvious like "catch" was not used for eval blocks, but that oversight has certainly led to lots of confusion.

Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks
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