Does Xcode support tail-call optimization on the iPhone?
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Gcc probably does if you crank up the optimization level.
The newer LLVM may not quite yet:
http://llvm.org/docs/CodeGenerator.html#tailcallopt
That says x86/PPC only... it may be old though as Apple has been doing a lot of work to switch over to LLVM as the new compiler of choice (gcc is still the default though).
Kendall Helmstetter Gelner
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xcode just uses gcc -- assuming the same thing for the phone, the question is whether gcc performs tail call elimination. I don't believe it does in anything beyond the most basic of cases.
olliej
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