> I think you're overthinking it Quite likely :) > And an oft-ignored factor is the cleanup advantages of allocating on the stack, which offsets any space and

> I think you're overthinking it Quite likely :) > And an oft-ignored factor is the cleanup advantages of allocating on the stack, which offsets any space and time disadvantages you might see with recursion. This is a very good point. Alright, you've convinced me to start playing with recursion again. Just not in java or python.