# Why do Julia BigInt iterative functions overflow?

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**Created:** [February 23, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-do-julia-bigint-iterative-functions-overflow/110674 "2024-02-23T22:00:40Z")\
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Please, not another TCO thread. See e.g. [Does Julia have tail call optimization?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-julia-have-tail-call-optimization/64101) and references therein. There is nothing new to say on this topic.

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