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		jcdavis on Oct 3, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Node-fib: Fast non-blocking fibonacci server Sure it is. Stack space isn't free

jamwt on Oct 3, 2011 [–]

It is with TCO.

jcdavis on Oct 3, 2011 | [–]

How exactly is the particular implementation in question tail-call optimized? Honest question, not trying to be snarky. I'm well aware that fib can be done to use TCO, but this doesn't appear to do so

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