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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:29:55 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:36:46 +0100, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

> So far (with the exception of an example of tightly bound co-routines
> being simulated in a single C function) I have not yet seen one that
> can't [be done without goto].

Wouldn’t it be cool if C had continuations?

I succeeded in implementing them in a PostScript-alike toy language I’ve 
been messing with (see my postings on comp.lang.postscript if you want to 
know more), and they weren’t that hard to do at all.

Making proper use of them is another matter.