Doubt in Perl exception handling

From: Babu (babu.subburathinam_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/10/05

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    Hi,
    I am a Perl newbie and have a doubt on Perl exception handling.
    My understanding regarding exception handling is execute a piece of
    code, if any exception occurs, handle the exception and proceed as if
    the error never occurred at all.
    So code would look like

    Eval {
      # do something
    }; if ($@)
    {
      #handle exception
     }
    #procees as if no exception occurred

    But in Perl I find that very often we die upon an exception. We never
    try to handle the exception and continue. Is my understanding correct?
    Is this the right way to do it?

    TIA,
    Babu

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