[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

tail recursion n. if you aren't sick of it already, see tail
   recursion.


see also:
tail recursion 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

tail recursion
     
         when the last thing a function or procedure
        does is to call itself.  such a function is called tail
        recursive.  a function may make several recursive calls but a
        call is only tail-recursive if the caller returns immediately
        after it.  e.g.
     
        	f n = if n < 2 then 1 else f f n-2 + 1
     
        here the both calls to fib are recursive but only the outer
        one is tail recursive.
     
        see tail recursion optimisation, and, if you aren't sick of
        them already, recursion, tail recursion.
     
        jargon file
     
        1996-02-22
     
     
see also:
recursive tail recursion optimisation recursion tail recursion jargon file 

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