Scheme WASM Tail Call Situation

CommunityNews · 8 November 2023 16:48

Scheme WASM Tail Call Situation.
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* There is a specification for a tail call instruction in wasm. [github.com/WebAssembly/tail-call](https://github.com/WebAssembly/tail-call/blob/master/proposals/tail-call/Overview.md) [https://v8.dev/blog/wasm-tail-call](https://v8.dev/blog/wasm-tail-call)
* Browsers, e.g. Chrome, implement this. [https://webassembly.org/roadmap/](https://webassembly.org/roadmap/)
* At least one scheme implementation called Guile-Hoot targets this [https://gitlab.com/spritely/guile-hoot](https://gitlab.com/spritely/guile-hoot) [ABI](https://gitlab.com/spritely/guile-hoot/-/blob/main/design/ABI.md#calling-convention) [spritely.institute/Status](https://spritely.institute/files/docs/guile-hoot/latest/Status.html)

This spec seems to have gotten in thanks to work by apignotti, https://hn.algolia.com/?q=WebAssembly+tail+calls

There is also a very interesting project for generalized effect handlers that may build on top of this platform https://wasmfx.dev/community/

Great news for schemers with web browsers.

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