The next time I hear some idiot say ``an array is just a pointer'' I'm going to write an OS in Haskell and remotely install it on their computer.
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GNG is Not GNU2015-09-12 23:08
in super mario bros one for nintendo, a continuation was the pause button on your remote control. You could pause the game and then continue it later. Someone from the Ivory Tower decided to turn this into a programming language feature.
"What are they good for?
There is more to continuations than just a parlour trick to impress Haskell newbies. They make it possible to explicitly manipulate, and dramatically alter, the control flow of a program. For instance, returning early from a procedure can be implemented with continuations. "
GOTO exitlabel; .... exitlabel: goto considered harmful but ivory tower panzies reinvented the wheel and claimed it as their own.