[xep-support] "Filtered" Select and alternating background-color

Powell, Todd Todd.Powell at hq.doe.gov
Thu May 25 09:45:29 PDT 2006


> Greg Baryza
>
> From the NIST dictionary:
>
> tail recursion
> (algorithmic technique)

> Definition: A special form of recursion where the last operation of a 
> function is a recursive call. The recursion may be optimized away by 
> executing the call in the current stack frame and returning its result

> rather than creating a new stack frame.
> 
> 
> Substitute "template" for "function" and there you have it.  When a 
> template ends with a direct invocation of itself, the processor can 
> reinitialize and reuse the stack frame.  It doesn't have to push a new
one.


Cool -- thanks for the explanation!


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