Questions tagged [tail-recursion]

The concept of tail recursion involves a function completing some tasks before calling itself. This term "tail" indicates that the recursion occurs at the end of the function. Numerous programming languages, particularly those with functional characteristics, have compilers that can convert these recursive calls into iterative processes. As a result, tail recursion in supported languages can be employed without concern for stack overflow, no matter how many times it is called.

Comparing Python's QuickSort Efficiency: List Comprehension versus Recursion (Partition Routine)

After watching the talk Three Beautiful Quicksorts, I decided to experiment with quicksort in Python. My initial implementation closely resembled C (selecting a pivot, partitioning around it, and recursing over smaller and larger partitions), which I felt ...