How to implement continuations?

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Published on 2008-08-09T01:18:37Z Indexed on 2010/06/08 0:32 UTC
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I'm working on a Scheme interpreter written in C. Currently it uses the C runtime stack as its own stack, which is presenting a minor problem with implementing continuations. My current solution is manual copying of the C stack to the heap then copying it back when needed. Aside from not being standard C, this solution is hardly ideal.

What is the simplest way to implement continuations for Scheme in C?

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