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A little paragraph justifying CPS

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time~\cite{DanvyN03}. Extraneous terms come in various disguises as we time~\cite{DanvyN03}. Extraneous terms come in various disguises as we
shall see later in this chapter. shall see later in this chapter.
The complete exposure of the control flow makes CPS a good fit for
implementing control operators such as effect handlers. It is an
established intermediate representation used by compilers, providing
it with merits as a practical compilation
target~\cite{Appel92,Kennedy07}.
The purpose of this chapter is to use the CPS formalism to develop a The purpose of this chapter is to use the CPS formalism to develop a
universal implementation strategy for deep, shallow, and parameterised universal implementation strategy for deep, shallow, and parameterised
effect handlers. Section~\ref{sec:target-cps} defines a suitable effect handlers. Section~\ref{sec:target-cps} defines a suitable
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yet to be explored as well as their applications domains. Thus an yet to be explored as well as their applications domains. Thus an
interesting future direction of research would be to extend $\HCalc$ interesting future direction of research would be to extend $\HCalc$
with multi handlers and explore their practical programming with multi handlers and explore their practical programming
applicability. The effect system pose an interesting design challenge applicability. Retrofitting the effect system of $\HCalc$ to provide a
for multi handlers as any problematic quirks that occur with unary good programmer experience for programming with multi handlers pose an
interesting design challenge as any quirks that occur with unary
handlers only get amplified in the setting of multi handlers. handlers only get amplified in the setting of multi handlers.
\paragraph{Handling linear resources} The implementation of effect \paragraph{Handling linear resources} The implementation of effect