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Continuation passing style

<programming> (CPS) A style of programming in which every user function f takes an extra argument c known as a continuation. Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r. The continuation thus represents the whole of the rest of the computation.

Some examples:

normal (direct style)

--> continuation passing

square x = x * x square x k = k (x*x)

g (square 23) square 23 g

(square 3) + 1 square 3 ( \ s . s+1 )

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