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Are lessons on tail recursion transferable to languages that don't optimize for it?
I'm currently reading through Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP). During the course of that book, the lesson of "you can optimize recursive procedures by writing them as ...
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What can qualify for potential tail call recursion (TCO) optimization or tail recursion elimination (TRE)
Short question is: what can qualify for potential tail call recursion optimization (TCO) or tail recursion elimination (TRE) if the compiler or interpreter supports it.
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Different Implemenations of Tail Call Optimisation
I've heard some people in my university discuss the tail call optimisation in ML as if it were a special version tail call optimisation.
Does the ML (SML/F#) implementations of tco in these languages ...
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