Re: Tail call elimination

[Pete Dietl]

>   5 + (2 * 9 / (7 + 5 + 4)) * (1024 * 1024) / 19
>
> becomes:
>
>   $(math +, 5 $(math /, $(math *, $(math /, $(math *, 2 9) $(math +, 7 5 4)) 
> $(math *, 1024 1024)) 19))
>
> versus:
>
>   $(op + 5 $(op / $(op * $(op / $(op * 2 9) $(op + 7 5 4)) $(op * 1024 1024)) 
> 19))
>
> or:
>
>   $(+ 5 $(/ $(* $(/ $(* 2 9) $(+ 7 5 4)) $(* 1024 1024)) 19))

I propose the following (a variation of example 2):

$(math + 5 (/ (* (/ (* 2 9) (+ 7 5 4)) (* 1024 1024)) 19))

This would involve doing our own parsing of the argument,
however this should be trivial since we are using prefix notation.

same with cond.