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by bad_login 2362 days ago
Tail Call Optimization is an optimization done by the compile/vm that replace (in assembly terms) a CALL by a JMP. Therefore removing a call stack.
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sb8244 2362 days ago
Correct. BEAM does real TCO as far as I'm aware. LYSE has a blurb about it and seems to agree (https://learnyousomeerlang.com/recursion).
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