If that's your argument, then I'd say that C function pointers are absolute shit compared to LISP continuations. How would do I do this in C ? int some_func

If that's your argument, then I'd say that C function pointers are absolute shit compared to LISP continuations. How would do I do this in C ? int some_function() { // some processing fp = package_the_rest_of_this_function_into_a_function_pointer() do_some_background_processing_and_callback(fp); // all the background processing is done } In LISP, this is easy, in fact, in most LISPs, it's builtin.