On: GHCJS - Haskell in the Browser

[colanderman]

No. Automatic tail call elimination can't be implemented without breaking JS semantics.

Manual tail calls can perfectly well be implemented without breaking anything.

[yoklov → colanderman]

Of course! The parent mentioned JS getting them however, which is, as I mentioned, impossible.

[chongli → colanderman]

Yeah, just add goto!

[colanderman → chongli]

Yes, add goto. If JS is going to be the "assembly language of the web", it needs a general branch construct or it will suck.