I forward this to mlvm-dev list.
From: Tarek Chammah tcham...@uwaterloo.ca
Date: Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Subject: Tail call optimization in Java JDK 8?
To: mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net
Hi ::
Under current plans, the current dev efforts will be split off into
two separate releases
Hi ::
Under current plans, the current dev efforts will be split off into
two separate releases. This will benefit features that are already
mature for release next year and but allow for currently planned as
well as new (++) features to be ready for JDK 8.
One particular feature I was thinking
On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Tarek Chammah wrote:
One particular feature I was thinking of under the ++ column is
support for tail call optimization. This particular Da Vinci
sub-project is apparently not fully engineered and spec'ed at the
moment. But I was thinking with the recent
Thanks for the detailed exposition into what is required to get TCO
into the virtual machine.
I'm not aware of anyone looking to change the Java language, merely
the VM, for this.
Most people, including myself, who are clamoring for this do so for
the benefits traditionally derived for when
