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  1. Path: rocannon.cam.harlequin.co.uk!nickb
  2. From: nickb@harlequin.co.uk (Nick Barnes)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.apl
  4. Subject: Re: GOTO controversy
  5. Date: 22 Mar 1996 14:16:50 GMT
  6. Organization: Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall, Cambridge UK
  7. Message-ID: <NICKB.96Mar22141650@abel.harlqn.co.uk>
  8. References: <314FB5F5.259B@simi.is> <3151B47F.70FD@connix.com>
  9.     <4isrhqINNpol@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>
  10. NNTP-Posting-Host: abel
  11. In-reply-to: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca's message of 21 Mar 1996 16:16:58 -0800
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  13. In article <4isrhqINNpol@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku) writes:
  14.  
  15.    recursion! ouch! I'd hate to do a no_loop(1,1000000000);
  16.  
  17. Only because you are not familiar with compilers which perform
  18. tail-recursion elimination.
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  20. Nick Barnes, speaking for himself
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