Re:Show HN: You can program without loop and recursion and×÷...
by rented_mule on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @01:09PM
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Agreed.
> It's akin to compiling a simple c program with loops unrolled and fully static variables
Yes, and optimizing compilers take this to an extreme. It turns out that "computing" a factorial only requires my runtime language to have `mov` and `ret` instructions: https://godbolt.org/z/3Y6bGcsba
> It's akin to compiling a simple c program with loops unrolled and fully static variables
Yes, and optimizing compilers take this to an extreme. It turns out that "computing" a factorial only requires my runtime language to have `mov` and `ret` instructions: https://godbolt.org/z/3Y6bGcsba