tail recursion
subroutine that calls itself as its final action
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tail recursion
Summary
tail recursion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- tail is named after tail recursion[2].
- tail recursion's subclass of is recorded as recursion[3].
- tail recursion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p3s05[4].
- tail recursion's facet of is recorded as theoretical computer science[5].
- tail recursion's facet of is recorded as subroutine[6].
- tail recursion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/tail-recursion[7].
- tail recursion's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as tailRecursion[8].
- tail recursion's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 42871635[9].
- tail recursion's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/tail-recursion[10].
- tail recursion's FOLDOC ID is recorded as tail+recursion[11].
- tail recursion's GitLab topic ID is recorded as tail-recursion[12].
Why It Matters
tail recursion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (248 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]