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==Disadvantages== Continuations are the functional expression of the [[GOTO]] statement, and the same caveats apply.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.jquigley.com/files/talks/continuations.pdf | title =Computational Continuations | first = John | last = Quigley |date=September 2007 | format = PDF | page = 38}}</ref> While they are a sensible option in some special cases such as web programming, use of continuations can result in code that is difficult to follow. In fact, the [[esoteric programming language]] [[Unlambda]] includes [[call-with-current-continuation]] as one of its features solely because expressions involving it "tend to be hopelessly difficult to track down".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Madore |first1=David |title=The Unlambda Programming Language |url=http://www.madore.org/~david/programs/unlambda/ |website=www.madore.org |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> The external links below illustrate the concept in more detail.
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