Re: Proper Tail Recursive C++

Sebastian Schmidt <sc@informatik.uni-jena.de>
22 Feb 1997 23:01:05 -0500

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From: Sebastian Schmidt <sc@informatik.uni-jena.de>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 22 Feb 1997 23:01:05 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 97-02-111
Keywords: C++, optimize

"Jerry" <jerpat@iastate.edu> writes:


> Does anybody know if there exists a C++ compiler that is properly
> tail recursive?


Do you mean a compiler which is able to transform tail recursive
functions into loops? According to the documentation GCC does this.
I haven't, however, tested if it works for C++.
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Sebastian
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