alt Hacker NewsIf the language spec requires TCO, I think you can reasonably call it part of the language.
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tracker1 • today at 4:44 PM
IIRC, ES6+ includes TCO, but no actual implementation/engine has implemented it.
If the language spec requires TCO, I think you can reasonably call it part of the language.
IIRC, ES6+ includes TCO, but no actual implementation/engine has implemented it.
It wouldn't be the first time the specs have gone too far and beyond their perimeter.
C's "register" variables used to have the same issue, and even "inline" has been downgraded to a mere hint for the compiler (which can ignore it and still be a C compiler).