(CPS) A style of programming in which every user function f takes an extra argument c known as a continuation. Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r. The continuation thus represents the whole of the rest of the computation. Some examples: normal (direct style) --> continuation passing square x = x * x square x k = k (x*x) g (square 23) square 23 g (square 3) + 1 square 3 ( s . s+1 ) (1995-04-04)
