For me it's the opposite, I'm truly proud of those times where the obvious recursive solution is avoided and I manage to solve it with a "while(..){}". I'd be l

For me it's the opposite, I'm truly proud of those times where the obvious recursive solution is avoided and I manage to solve it with a "while(..){}". I'd be like "LOOK I DIDN'T TOUCH THE STACK ONCE". I'm raised on microcontrollers though.