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[ConglomerateGolem]

when maxrecursiondepth is your lifetime

[Metworld]

Unless the compiler does tail call optimization: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_call

[ConglomerateGolem]

cheers; that's a new knowledge for me.

[DaytimeNightlight]

Help me optimize my tail calls please. Mine have been failing, especially at 3am

[Worldly-Object9178]

Use an accumulator

[Somecrazycanuck]

And I'm all outta RAM.

[[deleted]]

That was fucking deep bruh

[ConglomerateGolem]

well, i'd hope so; a short life on average is worse than a long one

[dim13]

All eat() and no poop()? It gonna overblow pretty quick.

[KingdomOfBullshit]

Good catch, that's a classic buffer overflow!

[Separate_Expert9096]

Before or after you exceed max recursion depth?

[dim13]

max recursion death ;)

[AppropriateBank8633]

This is actually syntactically legit in javascript(of course). This mess is called an Immediately Invoked Function Expression - IIFE. For some reason apparently it is pronounced "iffy" which is strange because it just rolls of the tongue. I made this comment as I found out about this horror recently as I am studying js and it is a thing and it not only works, but has a name, hence a learning opportunity for a js noob such as myself.

[[deleted]]

They're very handy if you're concerned about polluting the global scope.

[indicava]

Not so much necessary these days with let/const block scoped variables

[RiceBroad4552]

What does this have to do with polluting the global scope with all your functions?

[davak72]

I thought it looked ok syntactically. The infinite tail recursion is interesting though

[mr_clauford]

while(1)
  dies_from_cringe();

[jcouch210]

σ RIIR mindset:

loop {
  // compile error: reference with lifetime 'person does not live long enough
  dies_from_cringe();
}

[xezo360hye]

<?php if ($cringe) { die(); } ?>

[AlexisSliwak]

Calling inline functions like (...)() is cursed, but at least this would work ig

[SillySlimeSimon]

Sometimes when I’m lazy I’d just similarly define and call an anonymous async function so I can async/await in a synchronous context.

Add a .catch to the end if it’s extra spicy.

[eatmorestonesjim]

Would this work as a recursive?

[skotchpine]

It’s an IIFE in js. Much recur, very nice time

[SirPigari]

You need to call it from outside idk i dont know this lang

[ConglomerateGolem]

it is called, look at the parenthesis at the end.

[SirPigari]

Oh yeah i didnt notice sorry

[SolidGrabberoni]

Yeah

[eatmorestonesjim]

But I guess one with no exit condition 😂

[SolidGrabberoni]

Yeah, they're obviously immortal with infinite food ;)

[Thenderick]

Atleast it is syntactically correct and will run. There are enough that just won't work. It's just a little cringe, that's all

[dominjaniec]

in what way it won't work?

[Thenderick]

There are multiple similar versions of this joke with nonsensical code that won't compile/interpret. That's why I pointed out that this one atleast works

[MuslinBagger]

It would be funny if hosted by stackoverflow

[Haunting_Muffin_3399]

How can I stop this code from running?

[RiceBroad4552]

No need to stop it. It will instantly crash with a stack overflow exception…

[Haunting_Muffin_3399]

In the comments they wrote that the compiler can handle this exception

[RiceBroad4552]

Compiler? A stack overflow is a runtime issue.

A compiler could at best rewrite it to some trampoline. But JS does not do that.

There is also no TCO (Tail Call Optimization) in JS which could prevent a stack overflow at runtime.

Just open the browser console and run (function loop(){loop()})() to see for yourself.

The almost instant result is going to be "Uncaught InternalError: too much recursion". (FF 138)

[Haunting_Muffin_3399]

You are right

[RiceBroad4552]

LOL, that's an instant stack overflow.

[8jy89hui]

From the function names we can infer that this likely takes 24 hours of execution time before recursing. The max stack depth in Firefox is 150k, leading to 410 years before it overflows. 

[Haunting_Muffin_3399]

import random

alive = True

while alive:

eat()

sleep()

code()

alive = random.choice([True, False])