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tail recursion en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The technique of writing a function so that recursive calls are only done immediately before function return, particularly when recursive control structures are used in place of iterative ones.

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Relateds

recursion · tail recursive

Translations (2)

ja 末尾再帰 (writing a function so that recursive calls are only done immediately before function return) · fi häntärekursio (writing a function so that recursive calls are only done immediately before function return)