Paul Rubin a écrit :
> Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
>>Strictly speaking, only first-class functions are required, and
>>tail-recursion optimisation is only an implentation detail. Now it's
>>obvious that when it comes to real-life-size programs, this is a
>>*very* important detail !-)
> 
> 
> I don't buy this. 

Fine - I'm not trying to sell it !-)

> One of my favorite quotes about specifications
> (http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/drdobbs-interview.html):
> 
(snip).

 From a purely logical POV, the fact that a stack implementation has 
constant-time access or not is totally irrelevant (real-time problems 
set aside). This doesn't mean it's not important in practice.
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