(c)On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:39:44 +1000, Raja Subramanian
(c)> Compiler optimisation is at work here.
(c)>
(c)> Lookup "tail recursion elimination" in GCC docs or your favourite
(c)> compilers book.
(c)>
(c)> IIRC, GCC can also to "tail call elimination". Both of which can
(c)> eliminate the recursive function call and effectively turn it into
a
(c)> loop.
(c)
(c)AFAIK, when gcc is called with *no* command line options, *no*
(c)optimization will be done.
(c)
Sridhar, It might be some alias! Just a guess.
Rgds,
Karthick S.
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