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Article #627Recursion vs Iteration
From: Joost Romeu
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 19:05
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 19:05
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I don't understand recursion but I have a feeling about it. I'd appreciate it if you could share your understandings about recursion and iteration with me. On the face of it: - There's something very attractive about recursion. It seems a "smart" and interesting (albeit tricky and magical) way of defining, approaching, and solving a problem. - Iteration, on the other hand, seems a ploughhorse way of trudging through a problem - easy to grasp and lay down; then lots of plowing... Is this just a beginner's appreciation of a new concept or does it hold true in time. thanks (please also email reply)
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