Re: GOTO controversy

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From: Dan Hicks
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 04:31

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In <NICKB.96Mar22141650@abel.harlqn.co.uk>, nickb@harlequin.co.uk (Nick Barnes) writes:
>In article <4isrhqINNpol@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku) writes:
>
>   recursion! ouch! I'd hate to do a no_loop(1,1000000000);
>
>Only because you are not familiar with compilers which perform
>tail-recursion elimination.

Which they of course do by converting the recursion to a loop.

Dan Hicks
http://www.millcomm.com/~danhicks/

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From: danhicks@millcomm.com (Dan Hicks)
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Subject: Re: GOTO controversy
Date: 25 Mar 1996 04:31:27 GMT
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