Why Tailcalls - Revision history

Jrose at 21:05, 20 July 2011

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‎Reduce call stack size !

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‎Reduce call stack size !

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‎use cases

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‎use cases

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‎languages with guaranteed TCO

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 (Note: This page is about "hard tail calls" as defined in the [http://blogs.sun.com/jrose/entry/tail_calls_in_the_vm Rose blog].  Soft TCO is already in many compilers, but does not have a strong effect on software architecture.)
 == use cases ==
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 ;mlvm Code: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/mlvm/mlvm/hotspot/file/tip/tailc.patch
 ;Fortress discussion: http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/blog/ObjectOrientedTailRecursion

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 === Reduce call stack size ! ===
 (Rémi) Avoid to show language implementation internals by collapsing runtime stack frame.
 == external links ==
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 ;mlvm Code: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/mlvm/mlvm/hotspot/file/tip/tailc.patch
 ;Fortress discussion: http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/blog/ObjectOrientedTailRecursion

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 === languages with guaranteed TCO ===
 These are languages with functional patterns, including Scheme, Scala, F#. Seph also aims to give this guarantee.
 === guaranteed disposal of stack-frame ===
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 ;mlvm Wiki: http://wikis.sun.com/display/mlvm/TailCalls
 ;mlvm Code: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/mlvm/mlvm/hotspot/file/tip/tailc.patch

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 === Reduce call stack size ! ===
-(Rémi) Avoid to show language implementation internals by colapsing runtime stack frame.
+(Rémi) Avoid to show language implementation internals by collapsing runtime stack frame.
 === Kōan ===

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 === Reduce call stack size ! ===
 (Rémi) Avoid to show language implementation internals by colapsing runtime stack frame.
 === Kōan ===

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+   }
    static public Object ret1(Object ret, Object nil) { return ret; }
 === Kōan ===