Re: scheme - my opinion
>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry James
<jerry(a)cs.ucsb.edu> writes:
Jerry> On 16 Jul 1998 at 11:42:44 +0200, sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
Jerry> (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]) wrote:
> >>>>> "RP" == Reggie Perry
<Reggie.Perry(a)digital.com> writes:
>
RP> I think that tail recursion could be done in common lisp.
>
> How?
Jerry> Common Lisp is not inherently incompatible with tail recursion
Jerry> elimination.
I never said that, and you're quoting both of us out of context. The
issue was emulation of Scheme inside Common Lisp. Once you lose
tail-recursiveness, you can't get it back.
Since the standard does not mandate proper tail recursiveness, and
since not all implementations have it, you cannot rely on it being
present in general Common Lisp programming. This has a strong impact
on programming style.
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