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Matei Adriel •

Nice post but:

  • monoids are semigroups with an empty value, what you described is clearly a semigroup, not a monoid
  • since es6 js engines support tail call optimization allowing you to have proper recursion
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stereobooster •

since es6 js engines support tail call optimization allowing you to have proper recursion

yes it is part of spec, but not supported by browsers. See:

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Damian Cipolat •

yes, but I'm not sure if the newest version of the V8 engine is ready for big recursion loop. I have made some test using the chrome browser and have errors. Let me check, and comment you later thanks for the comment