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From: gnuist006@gmail.com
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: The fundamental concept of continuations
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:15:49 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1191906949.179197.217470__41836.8162391291$1191912491$gmane$org@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com> (raw)

Again I am depressed to encounter a fundamentally new concept that I
was all along unheard of. Its not even in paul graham's book where i
learnt part of Lisp. Its in Marc Feeley's video.

Can anyone explain:

(1) its origin
(2) its syntax and semantics in emacs lisp, common lisp, scheme
(3) Is it present in python and java ?
(4) Its implementation in assembly. for example in the manner that
pointer fundamentally arises from indirect addressing and nothing new.
So how do you juggle PC to do it.
(5) how does it compare to and superior to a function or subroutine
call. how does it differ.

Thanks a lot.

(6) any good readable references that explain it lucidly ?

             reply	other threads:[~2007-10-09  5:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-09  5:15 gnuist006 [this message]
     [not found] <1191906949.179197.217470@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>
2007-10-09  5:59 ` The fundamental concept of continuations Barb Knox
2007-10-09  6:07 ` Bakul Shah
2007-10-09  6:09 ` .
     [not found] ` <see-36543E.18592809102007@lust.ihug.co.nz>
2007-10-09  6:24   ` gnuist006
     [not found]   ` <1191911045.604596.50110@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>
2007-10-09 13:21     ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-10-14 22:56   ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2007-10-15  4:17     ` George Neuner
     [not found] ` <470b1aa6$0$79886$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>
2007-10-09  6:33   ` gnuist006
     [not found]   ` <1191911604.169846.244430@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
2007-10-09  7:15     ` Bakul Shah
2007-10-09  7:11 ` Peter Danenberg
2007-10-09 12:05 ` Matthias Benkard
2007-10-09 18:18 ` George Neuner
     [not found] ` <470b1b30$0$11022$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>
2007-10-09  6:34   ` gnuist006
     [not found]   ` <1191911662.983658.79540@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>
2007-10-09 10:00     ` Tim Bradshaw
     [not found]     ` <1191924032.449463.13290@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>
2007-10-09 10:13       ` Diez B. Roggisch
2007-10-09 12:50   ` Matthias Blume
2007-10-09 13:50   ` josephoswald+gg@gmail.com
2007-10-09 19:20   ` gnuist006
     [not found]   ` <m2641g1mgn.fsf@my.address.elsewhere>
2007-10-09 19:37     ` gnuist006
2007-10-09 20:41       ` Chung-chieh Shan
2007-10-10  0:47       ` Matthias Blume
     [not found]       ` <ok5tt4-2ij.ln1@mantle.rutgers.edu>
2007-10-10  4:52         ` Marlene Miller
     [not found]   ` <1191957606.187050.272820@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
2007-10-09 20:32     ` .
     [not found] ` <m5ang3h11oorvsrkit4q1moi6mirofbdbr@4ax.com>
2007-10-09 19:24   ` gnuist006
2007-10-09 19:27 ` Jeff M.
2007-10-10  4:39 ` Marlene Miller
     [not found] ` <8IYOi.658994$p47.379449@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>
2007-10-10  4:46   ` Marlene Miller
2007-10-10  7:11 ` Dmitri Minaev
2007-10-10 10:49 ` David Kastrup
     [not found] ` <85zlyrutux.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
2007-10-11  7:18   ` George Neuner
     [not found]   ` <rqhrg3d2thcqaip790k1eb6t8cdk2g8d8v@4ax.com>
2007-10-12 19:17     ` David Kastrup
     [not found]     ` <85lka8p2h4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
2007-10-13  3:11       ` Rob Warnock
2007-10-13  3:13       ` Paul Rubin
     [not found] ` <1191931524.047907.98040@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
2007-10-13 23:14   ` Alex Martelli

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