Re: Common Lisp vs. Scheme
Raymond Toy <toy(a)rtp.ericsson.se> writes:
One question, though, on the tail-recursive feature. It's nice
to
have but is it really, really important?
I would have to say yes to this one.
It means a lot of effiency and the ability to program in a natural,
functional way without worrying about the typical "costs" of
recursion.
A functional language without tail recursion is missing something big, IMO.
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Justin Sheehy
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