first-class continuation
UK /ˈfɜːst ˈklɑːs kəntɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/US /ˈfɝst ˈklæs kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən/
noun1
- A continuation that can be used like any other value in a programming language, granting it a powerful ability to control the flow of execution.
- Bruce F. Duba; David Macqueen (January 1991), “Typing First-Class Continuations in ML”, in Journal of Functional Programming, volume 3, number 4, →DOI: “First-class continuations are a simple and natural way to provide access to the flow of evaluation in functional languages.”
forms
first-class continuations