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| // Lack of tail call optimization in JS | |
| var sum = function(x, y) { | |
| return y > 0 ? sum(x + 1, y - 1) : | |
| y < 0 ? sum(x - 1, y + 1) : | |
| x | |
| } | |
| sum(20, 100000) // => RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded | |
| // Using workaround |
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