Python 2.0 and Stackless

[Michael Hudson]

Courageous <jkraska1 at san.rr.com> writes:

> > It's just that every time I've ever tried to understand any piece of
> > code that _uses_ call/cc, my brain has dumped core with a stack overflow
> > error :)
> 
> I can imagine that! The thing about continuations is that they are
> ideal for experimenting with alternate control flow methodologies.
> This enables labrynthine write-only code that the only person on
> earth who can possibly understand it is the author. :)

They also have the feature that they are so (in some sense) simple and
general that if you think about them too hard, your head explodes.
Category theory is also like this...

Cheers,
M.

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