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Are lessons on tail recursion transferable to languages that don't optimize for it?
I'm currently reading through Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP). During the course of that book, the lesson of "you can optimize recursive procedures by writing them as ...
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How can Lisp produce an iterative process from a recursive procedure?
I am starting to learn Lisp, using the SICP book. The authors mention that a procedure (i.e. function) can be recursive or iterative. Additionally, the process those procedures will generate will also ...
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