>> Part of the reason that Python does not do tail call optimization is >> that turning tail recursion into while iteration is almost trivial, once >> you know the secret of the two easy steps. Here it is. > > That should be a reason it _does_ do it - saying people should rewrite > their functions with loops means declaring that Python is not really a > multi-paradigm programming language but rather rejects functional > programming styles in favor of imperative ones.
Yes, but that's fine. A PL language that includes every programming paradigm would be a total mess, if even possible. Python has functional programming where it does not conflict with its overall design. The only place I find that this is not the case is with lambda, but that is now adequately fixed with the addition of the ternary operator. -- MarkJ Tacoma, Washington -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
