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[predprey]

is there a point for doing tail call recursion in java, on the assumption that you do not use any advanced features or something else similar such as scala?

for example if i were to write a tail call recursive function in C, it would run in a way such that unused stacks from previous calls are cleared. however, because there is no tail call optimization in JVM, doing so is pointless and may even incur more performance penalties than an iterative function or a non-tail recursive function due to the extra argument passing the result to the next call.

[Zanzer]

If you think the code is easier to understand with recursion over a loop, then use it.
There's no point to avoid it, unless you have a specific fear of a stack overflow.

[predprey]