Re: The dictionary definition of recursion

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From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:31

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On 04/06/2018 22:37, gloga...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, June 4, 2018 at 10:16:15 AM UTC-6, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>> Recursion : see  recursion.
>>
>> As a recursive "elegant" solution,
>>
>> factorial (1,000,000) is likely to
>> crash most systems
> 
> Please name one such system.
> 

ZX81, PDPll, PDP8, 6502 based Apples, ...

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