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minus-squareKogasalinkfedilink3•2 years agoThat’s just “recurrence.” The same as a “while” loop. Recursion is specifically when a procedure invokes itself.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoFair enough. Point is nothing is getting smaller except the call stack.
minus-squareKogasalinkfedilink4•2 years agoThe thing that’s getting smaller is the “complexity” or “distance from the trivial case” of the function invocation. This is an informal notion though.
That’s just “recurrence.” The same as a “while” loop. Recursion is specifically when a procedure invokes itself.
Fair enough. Point is nothing is getting smaller except the call stack.
The thing that’s getting smaller is the “complexity” or “distance from the trivial case” of the function invocation. This is an informal notion though.