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| Subject | Re: Tail recursion to while iteration in 2 easy steps |
| Date | Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:31:25 -0400 |
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On Tue, Oct 1, 2013, at 17:30, Terry Reedy wrote: > 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.
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Re: Tail recursion to while iteration in 2 easy steps random832@fastmail.us - 2013-10-02 08:31 -0400
Re: Tail recursion to while iteration in 2 easy steps Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-02 13:32 +0000
Re: Tail recursion to while iteration in 2 easy steps random832@fastmail.us - 2013-10-02 10:04 -0400
Re: Tail recursion to while iteration in 2 easy steps Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-02 19:13 +0000
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