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first-class continuation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɝst ˈklæs kənˌtɪnjuˈeɪʃən/ (General-American)
- /ˈfɜːst ˈklɑːs kəntɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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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
Coordinates
second-class continuation
Hypernyms
continuation