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Subject: saving memory and reducing "for" loops

In order to prevent memory limit errors
sometimes I am able to use recursion.
(Actually, I still need "for" loops, but recursion saves
memory by having more returns from functions.)
This may not work for all problems, but it will for
situations that partition nicely.

FF _ function ( Data ) {
  if ( Data is small enough )
    Result _ whatever is needed, including "for" loops
  else {
    Temp _ Split ( Data )   # splits into two parts
    Result1 _ FF ( Temp$Part1 )
    Result2 _ FF ( Temp$Part2 )
    Result _ Combine ( Result1, Result2 )
    }
  return ( Result )
  }

You have to provide appropriate Split and Combine functions, which
may or may not be easy.

- David
  shera@psych.mgh.harvard.edu