The Olympiad Trap and an Old Trampoline

After some reminiscing, I describe the Olympiad trap and then delve into a technique to eliminate recursion by trampolining with continuations. Keywords: programming, recursion, recursion elimination, continuations.

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OLYMPIADS IN INFORMATICS
Published
2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.15388/ioi.2025.10
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Teaching and Learning Programming
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The Olympiad Trap and an Old Trampoline

T Tom Verhoeff
OLYMPIADS IN INFORMATICS
Teaching and Learning Programming
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The Olympiad Trap and an Old Trampoline

T Tom Verhoeff
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Abstract

After some reminiscing, I describe the Olympiad trap and then delve into a technique to eliminate recursion by trampolining with continuations. Keywords: programming, recursion, recursion elimination, continuations.

OLYMPIADS IN INFORMATICS
Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
Openalex Percentile: Top 86%
Teaching and Learning Programming
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