Stackless 3.0 alpha 1 at blinding speed

Alex Martelli aleax at aleax.it
Tue Apr 22 08:39:04 EDT 2003


Tim Peters wrote:

> [Andrew Koenig]
>> By way of further context for continuations, it might be worth
>> mentioning that Scheme (an MIT dialect of Lisp) is based on
>> continuations in a fundamental way.
> 
> It's also worth mentioning that SICP ("Structure and Interpretation of
> Computer Programs" -- an excellent book all MIT Schemers know by heart)
> doesn't mention Scheme's call/cc.

<aside>
...but it's STILL a great read, particularly worthwhile now that it
can be freely downloaded -- see http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ !
</aside>


Alex





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