Re: The birth of BASIC

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From: Walter Banks
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:34

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On 2018-06-04 11:20 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> 
> I admit that there are probably cases where recursion is an elegant
> solution to the problem.  However, in my experience such cases are
> few and far between.  I've always considered an obsession with
> recursion to be a hallmark of the CS weenie.
> 

The one clear winner I know about is compiler parsing I have done it
both ways. Recursive parsers are significantly shorter and faster.

w..

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From: Walter Banks <wal...@bytecraft.com>
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