Optimization of Computer Programs in C

Hm... 1997. Even optimizing C has changed a lot since then: much more emphasis on memory access patterns, avoiding disk reads at all costs, profiling & memory leak tooling etc.

on tail recursion elimination:

> I have seen it done with Scheme compilers, so it is possible. Programmers who write code this way (other than for example purposes!) should be beaten about the head and shoulders with a blunt dandruff-removing object.

wow ok