An Unexceptional Implementation of First-Class Continuations

Abstract

Describes how to implement first-class continuations on a virtual machine that does not support stack inspection. Unlike previous work, use of the exception handler is avoided. Measurements demonstrate acceptable performance.

Citation: An Unexceptional Implementation of First-Class Continuations, Joseph Marshall, Proceedings of the 2009 International Lisp Conference, pp. 36-40.

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