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Re:Fortran by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Monday August 28, 2023 @04:34PM (#37300062)
>> I'm not sure what the big iron imperative language offers

Does any other language have built-in COMPLEX type? Or funny (but fast!) stack-free function calling?

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Re:Fortran by kagevf on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @12:09AM (#37303484)
Common Lisp has complex numbers: https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/numbers.html#comp...

Is stack-free function calling equivalent to tail call optimization? If so, then many CL implementations support it, including SBCL. For Scheme, it’s part of the standard.

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