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People that see programming as math get really excited about recursion. Everyone else doesn't care, shouldn't care.
by Gibbon1 2y ago
People that see programming as math get really excited about recursion.
Everyone else doesn't care, shouldn't care.
- timeinput 2y agoThere's this summation notation that these people who see programming as math and get excited about recursion forget about too.
- mbivert 2y agoI think recursion is just another tool in the toolbox: sometimes, some solutions are easier to think of recursively, and so it makes sense to use it, at least for the first prototype. But yeah, using it systematically (in a non-functional language) is unwise.
- burnished 2y agoHey, other kinds of needs can do and should care. Recursion is a very interesting perspective to apply to a problem and gratifying in its own right.