Re: Tail Recursion

[Brad Miller <miller@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU>]

    Date: Wed, 22 Feb 89 13:55 EST
    From: SWM@SAPSUCKER.SCRC.Symbolics.COM (Scott McKay)

	Date: Wed, 22 Feb 89 11:52 EST
	From: Stever@YUKON.SCRC.Symbolics.COM (Stephen Robbins)

	Perhaps we should send in bug reports.  Maybe if enough of them make it in...

    Bluntly, our present compiler will almost certainly never support tail
    recursion, no matter how many bug reports we get.  There are some good
    reasons for this, and some bad reasons.  One reason is that there are
    not enough resources to do both extremely important things (like support
    the XL400) and do things which are merely desirable.

So, you've had two profitable quarters, how about hiring some engineers and
fixing some bugs! 1/2 :-)
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Brad Miller		U. Rochester Comp Sci Dept.
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