Re: [q-lang-users] "and then" and stack usage

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ww wrote:
> I've been exploring Q recently and I've noticed that "and then" doesn't
> seem to run in constant space. From it's definition (in the docs), I was
> expecting that it could reuse the stack frame but that doesn't seem to be 
> the case. Am I missing something?

No, you're right, the compiler doesn't do any tail call optimization 
with (and then) or (or else) right now. Hmm, that would certainly be 
useful. This case is a little more involved than (||), I have to think 
about it ...

Albert

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