From: David Masover <ninja@...>
Date: 2009-10-01T09:07:07+09:00
Subject: Re: SystemStackError: stack level too deep > how make it deeper?

On Wednesday 30 September 2009 04:17:31 pm Rob Biedenharn wrote:

> your algorithm is "tail recursive" and that's partly why you run out
> of stack space in a language like Ruby, but in a language optimized
> for tail recursion it might have worked.

Probably would have.

The other thing is to note that the question the subject is asking should 
never be asked. If you're in a language that optimizes tail-recursing, it's 
probably about as efficient as a loop.

If you're in a language that doesn't optimize tail-recursing, the last thing 
you want to do is increase the size of the stack. That would just give you the 
same problem again later, and waste tons of RAM.