jackpot@lemmy.ml to Programming@programming.dev · 11 months agowhen is it best to use a recursive function vs a for loopmessage-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down13
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minus-squarecoloredgrayscale@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoA naive iterative implementation would be by adding and removing the folders/files from a list. If tail call optimization works on the (recursive) example then that’s (kinda) the compiler turning a recursive function into a loop.
A naive iterative implementation would be by adding and removing the folders/files from a list.
If tail call optimization works on the (recursive) example then that’s (kinda) the compiler turning a recursive function into a loop.