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Tail recursion in the Racket repl
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-> (define (factorial-no-tail n) | |
(if (= n 0) | |
1 | |
(* n (factorial-no-tail (- n 1))))) | |
-> (require racket/trace) | |
-> (trace factorial-no-tail) | |
-> (factorial-no-tail 6) | |
>(factorial-no-tail 6) | |
> (factorial-no-tail 5) | |
> >(factorial-no-tail 4) | |
> > (factorial-no-tail 3) | |
> > >(factorial-no-tail 2) | |
> > > (factorial-no-tail 1) | |
> > > >(factorial-no-tail 0) | |
< < < <1 | |
< < < 1 | |
< < <2 | |
< < 6 | |
< <24 | |
< 120 | |
<720 | |
720 | |
-> (define (factorial-tail n acc) | |
(if (= n 0) | |
acc | |
(factorial-tail (- n 1) (* n acc)))) | |
-> (trace factorial-tail) | |
-> (factorial-tail 6 1) | |
>(factorial-tail 6 1) | |
>(factorial-tail 5 6) | |
>(factorial-tail 4 30) | |
>(factorial-tail 3 120) | |
>(factorial-tail 2 360) | |
>(factorial-tail 1 720) | |
>(factorial-tail 0 720) | |
<720 | |
720 |
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I actually have
(require racket/trace)
in my .racketrc, but I figured I'd show it for completeness/to avoid confusing people.