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Re:Understanding Recursion as an Absolute Beginner by wittenator on Friday September 06, 2019 @02:14AM (#20893478)
Just a nitpick, loop languages and recursive languages have the same expressive power. Therefore you can write a loop program for any recursive one. So there is no "must".
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Re:Understanding Recursion as an Absolute Beginner by alejohausner on Friday September 06, 2019 @11:18AM (#20896401)
Fair enough. I should have said "is most appropriate" rather than "must be used".
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