Post #1284651
2026-04-16 03:36 UTC
"our new language is totally gonna support tail calls, it'll be amazing"
[10 years pass]
"so, implementing tail calls turns out to be really hard"
Replies (3)
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@zwarich@hachyderm.io 2026-04-16 04:44
@nnethercote@mas.to "our new language inspired by a potpourri of languages and implemented using a bespoke compiler written in OCaml is totally gonna support tail calls, it'll be amazing" [language gets rewritten to depend on LLVM and slowly adopts various C++isms because LLVM doesn't support anything else] "so, implementing tail calls turns out to be really hard"
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@wffl@im-in.space 2026-04-16 10:20
@nnethercote@mas.to ok look,
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@flaki@flaki.social 2026-04-16 10:47
@nnethercote@mas.to I was also wondering if this is a Wasm subtoot :D