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Is it possible to do a call-cc in go-language? (go-lang.org)

Is it possible to do a call-cc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call-with-current-continuation) in Google's new Language Go? (http://golang.org/)

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According to one of the go contributors, no it's not possible.

wulong  2009-11-16 08:00:31
Good call. Two points from that thread: (i) go closures are heap allocated (not trampolined or anything), and (ii) "Goroutines are equivalent to one-shot (use and forget) continuations".
Charles Stewart  2009-12-04 19:18:24

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