Re: math help
| From: | TaoX { Brian Hinson; } | Date: | Fri, 25 Aug 2000 21:07:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: math help | ||
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I think he meant maybe zippy as in quick to program as opposed to using loops.
TaoX
jeremy brand wrote:
> > Instead of using a for loop or something of that nature you could always use
> > recursion to really zip through this fast! :)
>
> Since when is recursion considered zippy? (easy maybe). But, in my
> experience, if you can write something non recursive to to the same
> task, it is usually faster than recursion. With recursion, you
> always have the possibility of exausting system resources... thus
> adding to the possible non-zippy-ness.
>
> Just my $0.02.
>
> -jeremy brand
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