Re: continuations in ``the art of computer programming''

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From	Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org>
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Subject	Re: continuations in ``the art of computer programming''
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

> On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:59:54 -0300, Anton Antimo wrote:
>
>> So I think call/cc is essentially a jump over there, do something
>> and take here an address for you to get back to what you were doing
>> before.
>
> There doesn’t need to be a jump to begin with. You could just save the
> return point and continue execution normally. Think setjmp/longjmp in
> C -- that’s a form of continuation, too.

That could be seen as a jump-to-right-over-here?

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continuations in ``the art of computer programming'' Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-22 13:43 -0300
  Re: continuations in ``the art of computer programming'' ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-09-22 18:04 +0000
  Re: continuations in ``the art of computer programming'' usenet@stegropa.de (Stefan Große Pawig) - 2026-09-22 20:01 +0200
    Re: continuations in ``the art of computer programming'' Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-22 21:07 +0000
    Re: continuations in ``the art of computer programming'' Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-24 13:59 -0300
      Re: continuations in ``the art of computer programming'' Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-25 00:06 +0000
        Re: continuations in ``the art of computer programming'' Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-27 11:21 -0300

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