How explain why Python is easier/nicer than Lisp which has a simpler grammar/syntax?
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Fri Aug 7 17:51:58 EDT 2020
On 8/7/2020 11:55 AM, Marco Sulla wrote:
> @Chris: note that "real" recursion in Python is not possible,
This is backwards. Python only does real recursion when one writes
recursive calls.
> since there's no support for tail recursion.
I am pretty sure that what you mean by 'support' is to turn tail
recursive syntax into iteration, making it fake recursion.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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