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rmprescott on July 29, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reconsidering the way I explain programming (2020)

>Now I think I can explain tail call optimization via an escalator analogy.

Circular, "Penrose Stairs" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_stairs) might be a better extension to the student's staircase model.

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