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  1. Path: mail2news.demon.co.uk!genesis.demon.co.uk
  2. From: Lawrence Kirby <fred@genesis.demon.co.uk>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.apl
  4. Subject: Re: GOTO controversy
  5. Date: Sun, 24 Mar 96 01:21:14 GMT
  6. Organization: none
  7. Message-ID: <827630474snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>
  8. References: <314FB5F5.259B@simi.is> <3151B47F.70FD@connix.com> <NICKB.96Mar22141650@abel.harlqn.co.uk>
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  13.  
  14. In article <NICKB.96Mar22141650@abel.harlqn.co.uk>
  15.            nickb@harlequin.co.uk "Nick Barnes" writes:
  16.  
  17. >In article <4isrhqINNpol@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir
  18. > Kylheku) writes:
  19. >
  20. >   recursion! ouch! I'd hate to do a no_loop(1,1000000000);
  21. >
  22. >Only because you are not familiar with compilers which perform
  23. >tail-recursion elimination.
  24.  
  25. More to the point I am familiar with compiler (certainly C compilers) that
  26. don't perform tail-recursion elimination. While any such compilers are
  27. a possibility the recursive approach is trouble.
  28.  
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  31. Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
  32. Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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