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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Continuations
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:54:59 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:55:01 +0000, MitchAlsup1 wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 2:47:05 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:03:38 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:
>>
>>> Just for amusement, what do you think the application implementation
>>> languages for SAGE and SABRE were?
>>
>> Assembler with macros.
> 
> It is rare, today, for programmers to be aware of the power of a good
> macro assembler, and how close these tend to be to a real low level
> language (like K&R C) but without the limitations.

Precisely my point. So the idea that you cannot create a macro equivalent 
to “await” seems implausible to me.