<div dir="ltr">In CompSci classes while working on "hello world" programs, recursion is easy to understand, trivial to implement, and elegant in execution.<br><br>However in the real world with real applications (like incredibly complicated web browsers) recursion sometimes can be very complicated to understand, difficult to implement, and isn't always elegant in execution.<br>
<br>I think that's what he's meant.<br><br>Jeffrey.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Luke -Jr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke@dashjr.org">luke@dashjr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div>How exactly is recursion in the slightest bit complicated?<br>
<div><div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." -- Thomas Paine<br>
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