RE: Java Questions Again: What's So Great About Recursion

  • From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:22:03 -0400

Because it's easier to write problems recursively, at the beginning, and then 
iteratively afterwards for performance reasons.
 
Yes, almost every single time will recursion be more resource intensive.
 
Take care,
Sina
 
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:52 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Java Questions Again: What's So Great About Recursion
 
Hi,
It's probably my ignorance coming out to bite me again, but I just was reading 
about recursion in my Java book and thinking that it
isn't all that useful because you can do the same stuff with a loop. Maybe the 
book examples are so simple that I just don't see
it's usefulness. They were even saying that recursion eats up more memory than 
loops do, so I'm wondering why I learned it in the
first place, other than to know how it works and that it exists. 
 
Please help.
 
Thanks.
 
Jim
 
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