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call-with-current-continuation

call-with-current-continuation noun: a programming language operation that captures the current state of execution (the continuation) and provides it as a function that can be invoked to return to or replace that state of execution at any later time.

Noun

call-with-current-continuation (countable and uncountable, plural call-with-current-continuations or calls-with-current-continuation)

  1. A programming language operation that captures the current state of execution (the continuation) and provides it as a function that can be invoked to return to or replace that state of execution at any later time.

Forms of call-with-current-continuation

pluralcall-with-current-continuations
pluralcalls-with-current-continuation

Questions about call-with-current-continuation

What does call-with-current-continuation mean?
Call-with-current-continuation means a programming language operation that captures the current state of execution (the continuation) and provides it as a function that can be invoked to return to or replace that state of execution at any later time.
What part of speech is call-with-current-continuation?
Call-with-current-continuation is a noun.
What is the plural of call-with-current-continuation?
The plural of call-with-current-continuation is call-with-current-continuations.

Words near call-with-current-continuation in the dictionary

  1. call-sign
  2. call-signs
  3. call-to-arms
  4. call-up
  5. call-ups
  6. call-with-current-continuation
  7. calla
  8. calla lilies
  9. calla lily
  10. Callabar
  11. callability

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