Why do some compilers automatically replace tail recursion with iteration?

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Some compilers automatically replace tail recursion with iteration because tail-recursive methods are often less efficient than their iterative counterparts and the conversion of a tail-recursive method to an equivalent iterative method is rather mechanical.

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