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by adamddev1 1655 days ago
Or how about TCO (tail-call optimization)? Please pretty please!
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lucacasonato 1655 days ago
TCO is something that specific JS engines need to implement. It is implemented in JSC (Safari), but not in V8 or SpiderMonkey. Also see https://v8.dev/blog/modern-javascript#proper-tail-calls.

As this is an engine feature rather than a spec thing, there is nothing me (or any other TC39 delegate) can do.

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adamddev1 1655 days ago
Oh yes, I see, that's true. Thanks for the explanation.
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hajile 1655 days ago
Proper tail calls are ALREADY part of the spec.

Google and Mozilla simply chose to ignore the spec.

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Scarbutt 1655 days ago
More like Google, Mozilla just waits to see if Google is going to implement it since they can't think for themselves.
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adamddev1 1655 days ago
It would be so nice to have it though! It could do a lot popularize recursive problem-solving and function writing, without having to go into modifying these functions to make them stack-safe.
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