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== What is a tail call? ==
Informally, a tail call is when a function calls another function, and returns immediately. In assembly, it's when a CALL and a RET instructions are found right next to each other. For example, in the following code:
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As you can see, there is no operation between <code>CALL</code> and <code>RET</code> this time.
== Optimizing a tail call ==
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