François Pinard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This being said, for one, I always found _insane_ presenting recursion
> to new programmers using such examples, which are both very easily,
> and much better written non-recursively. It does not help beginners
> at taking recursion any seriously. This is handicapping somehow, as
> recursion could be so useful when properly understood and applied.
Yup. I was lucky enough to stumble onto a book titled "Recursvie
Techniques in Programming" by D.W. Barron while still a relative
newcomer to programming. It makes an excellent introduction to the
topic.
Surprisingly, it's apparently still in print. At least Amazon claims
you can order new copies of it.
<mike
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