English Explanatory Dictionary

tail recursion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

tail recursion tail recursions

Related words

recursion tail recursive
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