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| From | random832@fastmail.us |
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| References | <l2feu0$n61$1@ger.gmane.org> <mailman.619.1380717089.18130.python-list@python.org> <524c206d$0$29984$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> |
| Subject | Re: Tail recursion to while iteration in 2 easy steps |
| Date | 2013-10-02 10:04 -0400 |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.632.1380722697.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013, at 9:32, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Python is not as aggressively functional as (say) Haskell, but it is > surely an exaggeration to suggest that the failure to include tail call > optimization means that Python "rejects" functional programming styles. > You can still write you code in a functional style, it just won't be as > heavily optimized. IMO, tail call optimization is essential to writing in a functional style, since otherwise you end up with a stack overflow error on any input above a trivial size.
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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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