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		amboo7 on July 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us As CL is programmable, I would not claim "which you can't in Common Lisp".

pwpwp on July 24, 2019 [–]

The only way to get higher-order control in CL is through whole-program rewriting, e.g. SCREAMER https://www.cliki.net/screamer so I think this qualifies as "can't".

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