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 \begin{center}\textbf{Abstract}\end{center}
 
-This is the abstract.
+The \CFA (Cforall) programming language is an evolutionary refinement of
+the C programming language, adding modern programming features without
+changing the programming paradigms of C.
+One of these modern programming features is more powerful error handling
+through the addition of an exception handling mechanism (EHM).
+
+This thesis covers the design and implementation of the \CFA EHM,
+along with a review of the other required \CFA features.
+The EHM includes common features of termination exception handling and
+similar support for resumption exception handling.
+The design of both has been adapted to utilize other tools \CFA provides,
+as well as fit with the assertion based interfaces of the language.
+
+The EHM has been implemented into the \CFA compiler and run-time environment.
+Although it has not yet been optimized, performance testing has shown it has
+comparable performance to other EHM's,
+which is sufficient for use in current \CFA programs.
 
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 \begin{center}\textbf{Acknowledgements}\end{center}
 
-I would like to thank all the little people who made this thesis possible.
+I would like to thank all the people who made this thesis possible.
+(I'm waiting until who is involved is finalized.)
+
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