True. Clojure doesn't provide tail call optimization. According to Daniel Higginbotham book "Clojure for the Brave and True" (Page 102) he suggests using "recur" for performance reasons.
That is, in Olivier's original code, (sorry, without understanding his puzzle): (defn permutations [s] (lazy-seq ... ... (map # (...) (recur (remove #...))))) ... See if it improves performance by just using "recur" ? -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.