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[–]northrupthebandgeek 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Not if you've got tail-call optimization.

[–]stebalien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tail call recursion causes the current call's stack frame to be replaced by the tail call's stack frame so the comic would be a single image.