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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 17:28:04 +1000
Subject: 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