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tail recursion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
tail re-cur-sion
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The technique of writing a function so that recursive calls are only done immediately before function return, particularly when recursive control structures are used in place of iterative ones.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

tail recursions (plural)

Phrases

tail recursive

Frequently Paired Words

recursion tail recursive

Questions

What does tail recursion mean?
The technique of writing a function so that recursive calls are only done immediately before function return, particularly when recursive control structures are used in place of iterative ones.

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