Does Java support tail recursion? [duplicate]

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Why does the JVM still not support tail-call optimization?

I see so many different answers online, so I thought I'd ask the experts.

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There is difference between tail recursion and tail recursion optimization. Tail recursion is supported by java because there is nothing special in it, tail recursion optimization is not supported.