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This came up in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40473381 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40473381 I mentioned this paper and (stupidly) didn't includ
by ashton314 2y ago
This came up in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40473381 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40473381
I mentioned this paper and (stupidly) didn't include a direct link to it—definitely worthy of front-page HN attention.
Another cross-ref: EdwardCoffin mentioned a (blog? chatroom?) post [1] by Guy Steele on why OO languages need tail calls; in that chat, Guy Steele references Automata via Macros.
Nice to see a confluence of ideas. :)
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20091206042608/http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/blog/ObjectOrientedTailRecursion https://web.archive.org/web/20091206042608/http://projectfor...