"tail recursive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tail recursive (not comparable)
  1. (programming) Employing tail recursion. Tags: not-comparable Hypernyms: recursive Derived forms: tail recursively
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