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In <AD87DB279668D9F74@mcdiala15.it.luc.edu>, VArase@varase.it.luc.edu (Verne Arase) writes:
>I avoid recursion in _any_ production code, no matter how I can minimize
>the stack frame.
>
>Recursion can make for visually appealing and simplified code, but in real
>terms they're nothing but trouble unless you can absolutely positively
>guarantee a finite, known level stack depth.

I use recursion where recursion is appropriate.  (In my mind, using 
recursion to avoid a simple loop ISN'T appropriate, though.) 
Unconditionally avoiding recursion is just as ill-advised as abusing it 
-- some of the worst code I've seen is code where recursion would have 
made a big difference (had the programmer understood the concept).

On the other hand, recursing is something I do a lot of, fairly 
unconditionally.  8-)

Dan Hicks
http://www.millcomm.com/~danhicks/