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If we're fixing the language, may as well fix the real problem and not artificially limit stack space.

• Retr0id 1y ago
  The language doesn't get much of a say, stack limits are usually inherited from the OS itself. It's fixable by not using the OS-provided stack but that's a much more invasive change than a new syntax/stdlib feature.
  • worthless-trash 1y ago
    The compiler/language absolutely gets a say in this, you can do tail call recursion without stack saturation.
    • Retr0id 1y ago
      Tail call elimination is an optimisation that is only possible for certain code patterns. How would you write a tail-recursive tree walk, without using a separate stack or queue data structure to store state?
      • worthless-trash 1y ago
        Challenge accepted, I'll do it over my next long weekend.