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Re: Functional Programming and python

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On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:36 AM, rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
>> (But I do sometimes yearn for a goto.)
>
> Ha! In Scheme, a tail call IS a goto with parameter re-assignment

Precisely. In fact, tail call optimization basically consists of that
exact rewrite. I'm absolutely fine with it being completely explicit.

ChrisA

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      Functional Programming and python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-22 19:21 -0700
        Re: Functional Programming and python Vito De Tullio <vito.detullio@gmail.com> - 2013-09-23 20:24 +0200
          Re: Functional Programming and python Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-09-24 10:06 +0300
          Re: Functional Programming and python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-24 00:08 -0700
            Re: Functional Programming and python Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-09-24 10:42 +0300
              Re: Functional Programming and python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-24 05:14 -0700
                Re: Functional Programming and python Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-09-24 17:51 +0300
                Re: Functional Programming and python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-24 08:07 -0700
                Re: Functional Programming and python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-25 01:26 +1000
                Re: Functional Programming and python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-24 10:25 -0700
        Re: Functional Programming and python Franck Ditter <nobody@nowhere.org> - 2013-09-30 19:04 +0200
          Re: Functional Programming and python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-01 03:17 +1000
          Re: Functional Programming and python Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-09-30 18:36 +0000
            Re: Functional Programming and python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-01 00:14 +0000
              Re: Functional Programming and python Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-10-01 13:59 +0000
          Re: Functional Programming and python Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-09-30 14:55 -0400
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              Re: Functional Programming and python Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-10-01 13:31 -0400
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          Re: Functional Programming and python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-10-01 11:03 +1000
          Re: Functional Programming and python Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-09-30 21:03 -0400
            Re: Functional Programming and python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-09-30 18:36 -0700
              Re: Functional Programming and python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-01 17:28 +1000

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