>> So cont points to a zero-argument function that returns a zero-argument 
>> function? And this loop just calls it repeatedly?
> 
> Assuming TRUE is a value that always returns non-zero, yes. The code itself
> appears to implement a state machine.

More exactly: It's a workaround for C's lack of lack of GOTO.

[This fragment appears in the output of a compiler that's using C as 
"portable assembly".]

> In the real world, no programmer would ever do something
> that mean with a macro called TRUE. Right? :-)

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