Re: WHAT COULD BE WRONG?

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From: Osmo Ronkanen
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 00:00

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In article <8g100h$hj5$1@news.iaehv.nl>,
Huub van Dooren <hvdooren@iae.nl> wrote:
>Here are some (maybe usefull) notes on your program.
>
>1. Do not use the word _recursive_ when you are talking about a
>loop. Recursive procedures are procedures where the outcome
>depends on a previous call to that procedure.
>Examples: Fibonacci numbers

Argh! That has to be the absolutely worst example for recursion. It
takes exponential time to solve a linear problem when one uses
recursion with Fibonacci numbers.

Osmo

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