In java, you could use the "while" keyword for that. Anyway, tail-calls aren't necessarily loops. If I'm not mistaken, tail-call optimisation for looping const

In java, you could use the "while" keyword for that. Anyway, tail-calls aren't necessarily loops. If I'm not mistaken, tail-call optimisation for looping constructs only (which the poster a few levels above probably had in mind) wouldn't require a special byte code.