On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am 29.12.2010 um 19:36 schrieb Ken Wesson: > > > >> Who needs to muck about with the stack and recur when you've got > laziness? :) > > > > Even then you have to take care, because stacking lazy seq on lazy seq on > … might also result in a stackoverflow. > > True, but it's far less common to have lazy operations like maps > nested 100,000 deep than it is to have seqs 100,000 items long. :) You only need to nest lazy operations 1000 levels deep before you blow the stack w/ default JVM settings (on OS X, I imagine it's similar for other systems). This is pretty easy to do if you're not careful. David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
