Re: JavaSchools (was Re: Colon Operator: Superfluous Syntax?)
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- Subject: Re: JavaSchools (was Re: Colon Operator: Superfluous Syntax?)
- From: Mike Pall <mikelu-0703@...>
- Date: 2007年3月15日 14:00:09 +0100
Hi,
David Haley wrote:
> Can anybody explain why he claims that Java has no recursion?
It doesn't do tail-call elimination. When you come from the
Scheme or ML school of thought, this means it's completely
inadequate. Another proof of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis [*].
[ Note that some JVMs eliminate self tail-calls (which is easier),
but AFAIK none have generic tail-call elimination. There are
multiple reasons why this is difficult with Java and the JVM
(e.g. security model, premature finalization and so on). Search
for "tail call elimination" and "Java". ]
[*] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir-Whorf_hypothesis
Bye,
Mike