alt Hacker NewsWould you not have to use a jump instead of call for it to be a tail call at all- ie otherwise a new frame is created on each call
Would you not have to use a jump instead of call for it to be a tail call at all- ie otherwise a new frame is created on each call
the call is still in tail position whether or not it reuses the stack frame. there are also more involved ways to do tail call optimization than a direct single-jump compilation when you leave ret behind entirely, such as in forth-style threaded interpreters