Re: Recursion in Computer Science

2011-05-19 Thread rusi
On May 20, 10:18 am, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:05 PM, rusi wrote: > >  - data can be code -- viruses > > It's not JUST viruses. There's plenty of legitimate reasons for your > data to actually be code... that's how compilers work! :) > > Chris Angelico Yes sure Thanks. An

Re: Recursion in Computer Science

2011-05-19 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:05 PM, rusi wrote: >  - data can be code -- viruses It's not JUST viruses. There's plenty of legitimate reasons for your data to actually be code... that's how compilers work! :) Chris Angelico -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Recursion in Computer Science

2011-05-19 Thread rusi
There have been a number of unrelated discussions regarding recursion on this list. I believe that recursion occurs in a wider spread of areas than is usually recognised. Heres a list of some such areas. Please note I am using recursion in a broad and somewhat fuzzy sense. Narrow specific definiti