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Re:The ancient world before computers had stacks or heaps by EdwardCoffin on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @12:42PM (#39919650)
I'd recommend you read Guy Steele's blog post Why Object-Oriented Languages Need Tail Calls [1] and perhaps the essay by William Cook [2] and the discussion over on Lambda the Ultimate [3]

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20091206042608/http://projectfor...

[2] https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~wcook/Drafts/2009/essay.pdf

[3] http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/3702

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Re:The ancient world before computers had stacks or heaps by Joel_Mckay on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @01:38PM (#39920505)
Sure, or just add a polymorphic functor to walk a tree autonomously.

There are shorter ways to admit you already sold your soul. lol =)

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