Even more interesting is that C# and VB.NET, the two main languages targeting the CLR, do not make use of it. Before posting this though, I did a quick search to make sure they hadn't turned around and implemented it for C# 4 or something, and found this link:
Apparently there are some performance issues with the TAIL IL instruction, though I wonder if it's really as slow as pushing a new frame on the call stack.
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Even more interesting is that C# and VB.NET, the two main languages targeting the CLR, do not make use of it. Before posting this though, I did a quick search to make sure they hadn't turned around and implemented it for C# 4 or something, and found this link:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeed...
Apparently there are some performance issues with the TAIL IL instruction, though I wonder if it's really as slow as pushing a new frame on the call stack.