On 2 May 2006 03:03:45 -0700, rumours say that "Iain King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
>John Machin wrote: >> >> # Doh! Looks like recursion not necessary. Google 'eliminate tail >> recursion' :-) > >I did, and found this: >http://www.biglist.com/lists/dssslist/archives/199907/msg00389.html >which explains that the Scheme compiler optimises (obvious) tail >recursion into iterative code. I'm wondering if the python compiler >does the same? No, it doesn't so far. More info: <URL:http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=group%3Acomp.lang.python+tail+recursion+optimization&qt_s=Search> -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Dear Paul, please stop spamming us." The Corinthians -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
