• Nick Sabalausky (2/2) Sep 02 2009 Anyone know offhand if DMD and/or LDC do tail recusion optimization? Not...
• Jarrett Billingsley (2/4) Sep 02 2009 I'm about 95% certain that DMD does it.
• bearophile (4/6) Sep 02 2009 Both perform it, but in both compiler this is a fragile feature, this me...

"Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> writes:

Anyone know offhand if DMD and/or LDC do tail recusion optimization? Not a 
big deal, just curious. 

Jarrett Billingsley <jarrett.billingsley gmail.com> writes:

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Nick Sabalausky<a a.a> wrote:
 Anyone know offhand if DMD and/or LDC do tail recusion optimization? Not a
 big deal, just curious.

I'm about 95% certain that DMD does it.

bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Nick Sabalausky:
 Anyone know offhand if DMD and/or LDC do tail recusion optimization? Not a 
 big deal, just curious.<

Both perform it, but in both compiler this is a fragile feature, this means
that it works only in precise situations. This feature in GCC is more flexible.

Bye,
bearophile