Hi Elan,
Version 1.0 did support tail recursion, but in the interests of
efficiency for the larger majority of functions, 2.0 does not. It
may return in the future as a function with a qualifier that won't
impact normal functions.
- jim
At 02:54 PM 10/8/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Ingo,
>
>which Scheme book are you reading - the one by Dybvig?
>I recall that some time ago (nine, ten months?) someone on this list did
>confirm that REBOL is tail recursive. I don't recall who said that or how
>knowledgeable that person was ...
>
>Elan
>
>At 10:40 PM 10/8/99 +0200, you wrote:
>>Hi Rebols,
>>
>>while reading a book about scheme, I thought about if Rebol
>>is tail recursive, too. Or why not. Seems to me, that this
>>could solve some of the problems, e.g. with recursive parse
>>rules.
>>
>>
>>What du YOU think?
>>
>>Ingo
>>
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