[net.lang] Control Abstraction : references wanted.

brianw@mako.UUCP (06/25/84)

Greetings,

I am looking for references on the subject of "control abstraction".
Any definition of control abstraction is of interest, but my primary
interest is in control abstraction when it is defined to mean "the
ability within a language to define new flow-of-control mechanisms".

I am aware of most major languages which either have a wide variety of
control structures or allow the definition of new control structures,
such as CLU, ICON, LISP, Smalltalk, etc., though if you know of any
slightly obscure languages which might be of interest, please send
references to those as well.

Also of interest are any theoretical papers on the subject, or anything
remotely related to the subject. (I'm becoming desperate. :-)

As usual, I will post any results to the net, so unless you want to
start a discussion of the topic, please mail all responses to me at the
address given below.

Thanks in advance,

Brian Wilkerson.
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