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Just how many decades does it take for a fundamental property of compiler implementation like "a proper tail call = goto + arguments" take to permeate conventio
by owinebarger 17y ago
Just how many decades does it take for a fundamental property of compiler implementation like "a proper tail call = goto + arguments" take to permeate conventional wisdom?
It's not like he's saying you need first class continuations - those can really add overhead to your computation. Properly implementing tail calls is a total win. If you need debugging help, add some keywords for it, but don't hair up your most convenient syntax for control transfer with unnecessary administrative overhead.