>From what I recall from a previous thread it would require so much byte code >tweaking that Hot Spot optimizations would become useless.
You can search the mailing list, you will find a couple of instructive discussions about this. Luc P. On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:01:04 -0800 Raoul Duke <rao...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Michael Gardner > <gardne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > However, the JVM does not support tail-call optimization. > > Apparently Clojure can't support implicit TCO without support from > > the JVM > > always wondered about that also wrt scala etc., am under the > impression that it is implementable, but it would be too slow? > -- Luc P. ================ The rabid Muppet -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
