On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:00:16 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote: > Recursion can be quite a trick to get your mind round at first
Really? Do people actually find the *concept* of recursion to be tricky? If I remember correctly, my puzzlement about recursion lasted about 15 seconds. I remember thinking "How does the function foo know that there is a function foo when foo doesn't fully exist yet?", but once I accepted the fact that it just does it all just seemed obvious. Getting recursion *right* is sometimes tricky, but the idea itself isn't. But then, I grew up watching Doctor Who, and had no problem with the idea that the TARDIS could materialise *inside itself*. And from a very early age, I was familiar with a particular brand of Advocaat liquor where the label on the bottle contained a picture of a rooster holding a bottom of Advocaat, whose label contained a picture of a rooster holding a bottle of Advocaat, whose label contained a picture of a rooster holding a bottle, whose label ... well, you can see where that is going. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
