[Tutor] Recursion always returns None
Steve Willoughby
steve at alchemy.com
Tue Aug 28 18:34:00 CEST 2012
On 28-Aug-12 09:13, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 28/08/12 16:51, Dharmit Shah wrote:
>
>> @Dave Angel : Thank you for the loop idea. It didn't strike me at all.
>>
> For some reason some beginners seem to find recursion a natural pattern.
There is a certain "hey, you can do that? That's cool!" factor when you
first discover recursion. When it naturally applies to a problem, it's
still a powerful thing, but yes, it's often misapplied by beginners.
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