Benefits of continuation?

[rerwig at my-deja.com]

In article <ljt40tg9v67rf4iksb9p2olibo2q36iaur at 4ax.com>,
  Courageous <jkraska1 at san.rr.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 08:00:22 GMT, rerwig at my-deja.com wrote:
>
> >I think I begin to understand the basics of continuation.
> >But what I don't understand is how it can help me to create better
> >code. In other words, what are the benefits on using continuation?
>
[snip]
>
> The real question is do you have a situation in which you need to
> keep "restore points" at various times during execution so that you
> can later go to them? If you don't, you almost certainly do not have
> any reason to use continuations directly.
>
I think this remark above is very true. Context switches was the very
first brain wave I had. Makes me wonder whether continuation actual ever
will be used directly. Indirect usage ("under-water", hidden, etc.)
seems more likely.

>


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