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## tailrec
Combinator
A specialization of the [genrec] combinator.
### Definition
> \[[i]\] [genrec]
### Discussion
Some recursive functions do not need to store additional data or pending
actions per-call. These are called ["tail recursive" functions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_recursive). In Joy,
they appear as [genrec] definitions that have [i] for the second half of
their recursive branch.
See the [Recursion Combinators notebook](https://joypy.osdn.io/notebooks/Recursion_Combinators.html).
### Crosslinks
[genrec]