Re: Odds for tail calls in JVM

2010-10-27 Thread Tim Daly
I use emacs to write Java code for work. I even use fundamental mode because I don't want emacs changing my buffer while I work. I don't find that IDEs add any value to programming and they often get in my way. I guess I must be part amish :-) Tim Daly On 10/27/2010 12:10 PM, MarkH wrote: O

Re: Odds for tail calls in JVM

2010-10-26 Thread Tom Marble
On 10/26/2010 07:34 PM, Aravindh Johendran wrote: > John Rose of Oracle has posted a very articulate message on the > chances of having tail calls in the JVM. > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/mlvm-dev/2010-October/002016.html > > I feel pessimistic about the chances. I doubt tail calls wil

Re: Odds for tail calls in JVM

2010-10-26 Thread Aravindh Johendran
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Odds for tail calls in JVM

2010-10-26 Thread Aravindh Johendran
John Rose of Oracle has posted a very articulate message on the chances of having tail calls in the JVM. http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/mlvm-dev/2010-October/002016.html I feel pessimistic about the chances. I doubt tail calls will be a priority for Oracle and IBM. I don't even see it ment