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Re:What can be learned from studying long gone development p... by Galanwe on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:26PM (#28204669)
Not all recursive algorithms are tail recursive; not all tail recursive algorithms can be correctly identified & tail optimized.
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Re:What can be learned from studying long gone development p... by int_19h on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @01:46PM (#28212675)
Right, but OP was specifically talking about tail recursion.
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