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    1. …in reply to @tiagoluchini
      @tiagoluchini theyre basically an abstraction over function returns. by default, most languages obey a stack discipline, parameters go into a function and a result comes out, pushing and popping off the stack. in CPS you pass a function to call with the results instead, kind of like a callback
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    @tiagoluchini this was helpful and had good examples: fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/computation-expressions-continuations/
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      @tiagoluchini calling a continuation is always a tail call, so when your whole programming style is based on this technique tail call optimization is not a "nice to have" anymore but a real semantic requirement, which i never quite got
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