From: Chad Fowler <chadfowler@...>
Date: 2004-05-08T05:33:48+09:00
Subject: Re: What is Borges?

On Fri, 7 May 2004 19:58:29 +0900, Dick Davies
<rasputnik@hellooperator.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> <almost-on-topic>
> I still can't get my head round continuations - does anyone have a good ref?
> 
> All I've seen so far is either 'look, we can do goto' or
> 'look, here's Borges', which is a learning curve so steep it starts to
> look like a wall....
> </almost-on-topic>
> 

Not a tutorial or reference, but here's a stripped down
continuation-based web app that I wrote in order to demonstrate the
continuations "trick" from Seaside.  It's stupidly simplistic, which
makes me think it might help you a little.

http://chadfowler.com/lazyseaside/pm_seaside.html

Ignore the wrap_methods and "hints" stuff.  That's part of another
topic (http://chadfowler.com/index.cgi/Computing/Programming/Ruby/TypeWatching.rdoc,v)

Chad