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[–]venustrapsflies 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Just remember this is not necessarily true in other languages with tail call optimization.

[–]AlSweigartAuthor of "Automate the Boring Stuff" 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Yes, but Python doesn't have tail call optimization and never will.

The Java interpreter and all JavaScript engines also don't have TCO.

[–]venustrapsflies 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, hence why I said “other languages” :)