Uestion about ruby continuations

Ruby
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Hi guys, I was playing with continuations in Scheme and decided to
port one puzzle from scheme to ruby. But it works in a different way.

Here is my code and explatations:
http://blog.gonzih.me/blog/2013/11/26/yin-yang-callcc-puzzle-in-ruby/

Can someone explain why is this happening?
Are there some limitations on how continuations can be used in ruby?
Thanks!

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Hi Max Gonzih,

THANKS GOD IT’S FRIDAY !!!

lambda do |yin, yang|
yin.call yang
end.call(lambda {|cc| print “@”; cc }.call(callcc { |c| c } ),
lambda {|cc| print “*”; cc }.call(callcc { |c| c } ) )

The path was:

  1. A good explanation of the algorithm over here:

  2. An explanation of Scheme “let” here:

===
Let is only syntactic sugar for an underlying lambda application:

((lambda (var1 var2 … varn)
body)
exp1 exp2 … expn)

And this made it easy for me to translate the algorithm into Ruby.

Best Regards,
Abinoam Jr.

PS: Run the “debug” version bellow and you will be able to see it “in
action”.

“Debug” version

lambda do |yin, yang|
yin.call yang
end.call(lambda {|cc| print “@ - #{cc}\n”; sleep 0.1; cc }.call(callcc
{ |c| c } ),
lambda {|cc| print “* - #{cc}\n”; sleep 0.1; cc }.call(callcc
{ |c| c } ) )

Abinoam Jr.

3

Now I get it. Great job, thank you!