JVM also doesn't have TCO, so Clojure has a special form, which transforms recursion into an ordinary loop: http://clojure.org/special_forms#Special%20Forms--%2

JVM also doesn't have TCO, so Clojure has a special form, which transforms recursion into an ordinary loop: http://clojure.org/special_forms#Special%20Forms--%28recur%20exprs*%29 http://clojure.org/special_forms#Special%20Forms--%28recur%2... Author of Kashimir could use a similar solution.