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Well, thats true I suppose but im not sure its entirely relevent, the tail recursion optimization only applies to subs which call themselves as the last statement. So insofar as the mutually recursive routines are tail recursive as well this optimization pattern still applies.

For those that dont know, (not you BrowserUK) tail optimization is really only _important_ in languages without looping constructs, in any language with looping constructs its just a nice bonus.

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demerphq

In reply to Re^8: Who's a thief? (No memory growth with magic goto) by demerphq
in thread Who's a thief? -- the follow up by Ovid

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