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From: wm1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Wilfredo Marrero)
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Subject: Seeking help with continuations
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My class and I are struggling a bit with continuations.  Ableson and Sussman do
not discuss them in their textbook, while Springer and Friedman describe
call/cc using escape procedures and contexts.  While this does seem to produce
a model that works, it is extremely confusing and can be used to explain only
the simplest of examples.  It is obvious that experts "out there" use
continuations productively, so we are all fairly certain that there must be
an easier way of explaining them.

If anyone knows of a place to get a few simple but practical/usefull examples
of the uses of call/cc or of another text which covers this topic, please
let me know.  Of course, any first hand explanations of call/cc would also
be greatly appreciated.

My address is:  wm1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

Will Marrero