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Thanks for the pointers. Trampolining is an old idea for obtaining tail-calls. It's a kind of folk-wisdom that has been rediscovered many times, as the related

Thanks for the pointers. Trampolining is an old idea for obtaining tail-calls. It's a kind of folk-wisdom that has been rediscovered many times, as the related work here shows: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/317636.317779 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/317636.317779 Usually the trampoline is implemented automatically by the language rather than forcing the author to confront it, though I can see why Clojure might have chosen to put the burden on the user.

adityaathalye 1y ago
Yeah, Rich's HOPL lecture covers that ground... https://clojure.org/about/history https://clojure.org/about/history > Clojure is not the product of traditional research > and (as may be evident) writing a paper for this setting > was a different and challenging exercise. > I hope the paper provides some insight into why > Clojure is the way it is and the process and people > behind its creation and development.
- skrishnamurthi 1y ago
  Ah, I didn't know there was a HOPL paper! Some day I will have time to run a course reading HOPL papers. Some day I will have the time to read HOPL papers myself (-:. Thanks for the pointer.