Re: What is expensive about consing

On Sep 10, 4:53 am, Tim Bradshaw <tfb+goo...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
In real production code I have taken code which relied on TCO and
changed it to use GOTO to improve readability.

So, you exchanged parametrized GOTO for plain labeled GOTO for
readability? Yeah, sounds like an improvement...
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