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On 12/15/2016 01:14 PM, Niklas Holsti wrote:
> On 16-12-15 02:00 , Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
>
>> Also
>>
>> return Line & Get_Line;
>>
>> is tail recursion;
>
> No, the last operation called is "&", not Get_Line.

In Erlang,

list_length ([]) ->
    0;
list_length ([First | Rest]) ->
    1 + list_length (Rest).

is considered tail recursion and is required to be optimized away, so that's how 
I was using the term.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"I'm particularly glad that these lovely children were
here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic
frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen
in this day and age."
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