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gnosis on Jan 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don't return null; use a tail call

"a 'tail call' and 'tail call elimination' are 2 completely different things."

Indeed. For those seeking more detailed information about this issue, see:

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ProperTailRecursion

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TailCallOptimization

http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/classic/message1532.html

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