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delimited continuations

delimited continuations is the plural of delimited continuation.

Meaning of delimited continuation

Noun

delimited continuation (plural delimited continuations)

  1. (functional programming) A continuation that returns a value and can be composed.
    • An interesting alternative, which addresses some of the modularity problems, is a delimited continuation; for example, a delimited continuation might capture just a portion of the evaluation stack, up to a delimiter that works a bit like long-label, and turn it into a function.2022, Norman Ramsey, Programming Languages: Build, Prove, and Compare, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 243
    Synonyms:
    composable continuation, partial continuation

Questions about delimited continuations

What is delimited continuations the plural of?
Delimited continuations is the plural of delimited continuation.

Words near delimited continuations in the dictionary

  1. delimitative
  2. delimitator
  3. delimitators
  4. delimited
  5. delimited continuation
  6. delimited continuations
  7. delimiter
  8. delimiterless
  9. delimiters
  10. delimiting
  11. delimitings

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