diff -Nur newmat-11/myexcept.cpp newmat-11_working/myexcept.cpp
--- newmat-11/myexcept.cpp	2005-08-19 13:01:35.000000000 +0200
+++ newmat-11_working/myexcept.cpp	2009-06-13 16:04:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #include "myexcept.h"                  // for exception handling
 
+#include <exception>
+
 #ifdef use_namespace
 namespace RBD_COMMON {
 #endif
@@ -227,8 +229,8 @@
 {
    cout << "\n\nThere has been an exception with no handler - exiting";
    const char* what = BaseException::what();
-   if (what) cout << what << "\n";
-   exit(1);
+   if (what) std::cout << what << std::endl;
+   throw new std::exception();
 }