[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Oct 8, 10:59 pm, Barb Knox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Lambda calculus. Instead of function A returning to its caller, the >> caller provides an additional argument (the "continuation") which is a >> function B to be called by A with A's result(s). In pure "continuation >> style" coding, nothing ever "returns" a result. >> >> It is easy to mechanically transform normal function-style lambda >> calculus into continuation-style, but the reverse is not so. >> > > Explanation and reference please
Read R5RS or R6RS, the passage on call-with-current-continuation is similar in both texts ( http://www.r6rs.org/final/html/r6rs/r6rs.html ). For lambda calculus, look it up on Wikipedia. Alonzo Church is the name you're looking for. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
