Re: Desperate Questions: [1]Absolute-Child-Number


Not so much a desparate, but perhaps a dump question: what does CPS stand for ?

Regards, Matthias

On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Frank Christoph wrote:

> Acutally, CPS style is a very popular way of writing interpreters for eager
> languages, and it is considerably easier to implement first-class continuations
> in an interpreter than in a compiler.  (Then again, it is considerably easier
> to implement an interpreter than a compiler, period.)  There are several
> compilers, also, that transform the entire program into CPS form and then
> emit code based on that representation because it maps very closely onto
> the way computers actually work, namely sequentially and with iterative
> control constructs.  SML/NJ and several Scheme compilers are implemented
> this way.
> 
>   -- FC
> 
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Re: Desperate Questions: [1]Absolute-Child-Number, (continued) W. Eliot Kimber - Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:15:23 -0400 (EDT) Frank Christoph - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 04:56:18 -0400 (EDT) Paul Prescod - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:41:41 -0400 (EDT) Frank Christoph - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:58:00 -0400 (EDT) Matthias Clasen - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 11:11:45 -0400 (EDT) <= Paul Prescod - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 11:27:00 -0400 (EDT) W. Eliot Kimber - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 15:32:13 -0400 (EDT) Paul Prescod - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:59:30 -0400 (EDT) Paul Prescod - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 17:02:21 -0400 (EDT)

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Re: Desperate Questions: [1]Absolute-Child-Number, (continued)
- W. Eliot Kimber - Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:15:23 -0400 (EDT)
- Frank Christoph - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 04:56:18 -0400 (EDT)
  - Paul Prescod - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:41:41 -0400 (EDT)
- Frank Christoph - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 10:58:00 -0400 (EDT)
  - Matthias Clasen - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 11:11:45 -0400 (EDT) <=
    - Paul Prescod - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 11:27:00 -0400 (EDT)
- W. Eliot Kimber - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 15:32:13 -0400 (EDT)
  - Paul Prescod - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 16:59:30 -0400 (EDT)
  - Paul Prescod - Wed, 25 Jun 1997 17:02:21 -0400 (EDT)

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