Tail calls are pretty easy to implement in a language that compiles to C, even if the C compiler doesn't cooperate. This can be done without bothering the fore

Tail calls are pretty easy to implement in a language that compiles to C, even if the C compiler doesn't cooperate. This can be done without bothering the foreign code. For instance: int f(int a, int b){return f(b,a);} compiles into int f(int a, int b){start: int t=a; a=b; b=tmp; goto start;}