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From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
Subject: Re: Modifiable parameters?
Date: 1997/02/25
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* Chris Bitmead
| I think tail-call elimination within the same function scope would be
| quite sufficient.  Doesn't elisp support even this?

how many times do you need to be given the same answer before you realize
that if _you_ want it and it isn't implemented, _you_ can do it?

to reiterate the same answer you got last time: the Emacs Lisp compiler
does not do tail call merging.  period.

#\Erik
-- 
if you think big enough, you never have to do it