jackpot@lemmy.ml to Programming@programming.dev · 6 months agowhen is it best to use a recursive function vs a for loopmessage-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down13
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minus-squarebizdelnick@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·6 months agoIMHO almost never. Except for tree traversal, maybe.
minus-squarelivingcoder@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoI would agree. Only if the performance is extremely similar but the readability (for some reason) is significantly better for the recursive solution would I choose that.
IMHO almost never. Except for tree traversal, maybe.
I would agree. Only if the performance is extremely similar but the readability (for some reason) is significantly better for the recursive solution would I choose that.