[plt-scheme] guido on tail recursion

From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 25 14:59:38 EDT 2009

On Apr 25, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Joe Marshall wrote:

> I always appreciated tail calls because I thought they were `the  
> right thing'.

the issue is that this phrase is meaningless to people who don't  
already understand. We need to drive home WHY it is the right thing  
-- Matthias



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