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Why does the JVM still not support tail-call optimization?
I see so many different answers online, so I thought I'd ask the experts.
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4The experts have been asked before: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3616483/why-does-the-jvm-still-not-support-tail-call-optimization – Dmitri Dec 09 '10 at 17:10
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2So you asked the Java development mailing list? – erjiang Dec 09 '10 at 17:11
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Check out this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/105834/does-the-jvm-prevent-tail-call-optimizations – Pablo Santa Cruz Dec 09 '10 at 17:11
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2In generally, what is an elegant recursive solution in a functional language is more naturally/performant as a loop in Java. – Peter Lawrey Dec 09 '10 at 17:25
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1This is not a duplicate question. Those linked questions concern the JVM or Scala, not Java in particular. – Donald T Dec 09 '10 at 18:13
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There is difference between tail recursion and tail recursion optimization. Tail recursion is supported by java because there is nothing special in it, tail recursion optimization is not supported.
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