Re: Python Countdown

2005-11-11 Thread Simon Brunning
On 11/11/05, john boy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have adjusted the program to: > > import sys. > sys. getrecursionlimit() > sys.setrecursionlimit(2000) > def countdown (n): >if n ==0: >print "blastoff" > else: > print n > countdown (n-1) > countdown

Re: Python Countdown

2005-11-11 Thread Simon Brunning
On 11/11/05, john boy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running the following program from the example in "how to think like a > computer scientist" > > def countdown(n): > if n ==0: >print "Blastoff!" > else: > print n > countdown (n-1) > > countdown (10

Re: Python Countdown

2005-11-11 Thread Micah Elliott
On Nov 11, john boy wrote: >I am running the following program from the example in "how to >think like a computer scientist" >... >When I set "n"= 1000 the program runs in interpreter and stops >counting down at 14 instead of running all the way to "Blastoff". >Why is this

Python Countdown

2005-11-11 Thread john boy
I am running the following program from the example in "how to think like a computer scientist"   def countdown(n):   if n ==0:    print "Blastoff!"   else:   print n   countdown (n-1)   countdown (1000)   When I set "n"= 1000 the program runs in interpreter and stop