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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Continuation-passing in C?
Message-ID: <11566@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 28 Mar 91 17:58:41 GMT
References: <1991Mar28.070649.1667@visix.com>
Reply-To: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
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In article <1991Mar28.070649.1667@visix.com> adam@visix.com writes:
>How can I (efficiently) program in a continuation-passing style in C?
>
>This breaks down into two basic questions:
>
>(1) How do I explicitly jump across functions
>(2) How do I keep things in registers across functions

The answers are (1) use assembly language, and (2) use assembly language.

If you want this level of control over the machine, C is not the place
to look.  Compilers capable of this sort of optimization are rare.
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