An Operational Foundation for Delimited Continuations
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https://doi.org/10.7146/brics.v10i41.21809Resumé
We derive an abstract machine that corresponds to a definitional interpreter for the control operators shift and reset. Based on this abstract machine, we construct a syntactic theory of delimited continuations.Both the derivation and the construction scale to the family of control operators shift_n and reset_n. The definitional interpreter for shift_n and reset_n has n + 1 layers of continuations, the corresponding abstract machine has n + 1 layers of control stacks, and the corresponding syntactic theory has n + 1 layers of evaluation contexts.
See also BRICS-RS-05-24.
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2003-12-06
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Biernacka, M., Biernacki, D., & Danvy, O. (2003). An Operational Foundation for Delimited Continuations. BRICS Report Series, 10(41). https://doi.org/10.7146/brics.v10i41.21809
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