Re:The ancient world before computers had stacks or heaps
by jcgrillo on Thursday April 04, 2024 @01:03AM
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> 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.
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.