Tail Recursion

If in a recursive function, the recursive call is the last statement of the function, then it is called a Tail Recursion. In returning time, it doesn’t have to perform anything at all.

void fun(int n){
    if(n>0){
        cout<<n<<endl;
        fun(n-1);
    }
}

Same code using a loop:

void fun(int n){
    while(n>0){
        cout<<n<<endl;
        n--;
    }
}

To conclude, the time complexity of both codes is the same. But in recursive calls, as it uses stacks, it is actually taking extra space. So, the space complexity for the loop is O(1), but for the tail recursion, it is O(n). So, it is better to use a loop if it is a tail recursion.