On the static and dynamic extents of delimited continuations

@article{Biernacki2006OnTS,
  title={On the static and dynamic extents of delimited continuations},
  author={Dariusz Biernacki and Olivier Danvy and Chung-chieh Shan},
  journal={Sci. Comput. Program.},
  year={2006},
  volume={60},
  pages={274-297}
}
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