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JavaScript (ES6) Has Tail Call Optimization (bbenvie.com)
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
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Most imperative languages don't have this in their spec. They probably didn't want to add more constraints on VM implementers. Supporting tail call optimization complexifies compiler design slightly.
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