Maybe my brain just isn't functioning right now but I don't think writing in CPS is the same as having access to first class continuations? But as previously noted I think that was a misplaced request on my part to begin with.
My line of thought had been that doing so doesn't restore execution context. But it dawns on me that without the ability to mutate variables that doesn't have the same relevance.
Still, doesn't it throw the de bruijn indexes off? Or am I wrong about that as well?
Agreed on having too many characters though, I don't like that having numerical indices makes the syntax whitespace-sensitive, too.
And once I figure out how to write hello world, those character literals are gone!