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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: No Go To's Forever!
Date: 2000/04/18
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In article <dale-32C6F4.09333818042000@news.rmit.edu.au>,
  Dale Stanbrough <dale@cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote:
> Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> > (a good compiler will convert such
> > a tail recursion to the goto in any case)
>
> I suppose the stand out question is...
>
>    "is gnat a good compiler?"
>
> dale :-)

gcc certainly recognizes tail recursion and optimizes it, so
the answer (in this limited respect at least :-) is yes!


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