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  1. What is recursion and when should I use it? - Stack Overflow

    Recursion is a tree, with branches and leaves, called parents and children respectively. When you use a recursion algorithm, you more or less consciously are building a tree from the data.

  2. list - Basics of recursion in Python - Stack Overflow

    May 13, 2015 · Tail Call Recursion Once you understand how the above recursion works, you can try to make it a little bit better. Now, to find the actual result, we are depending on the value of …

  3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of recursion?

    Mar 9, 2011 · With respect to using recursion over non-recursive methods in sorting algorithms or, for that matter, any algorithm what are its pros and cons?

  4. Recursion vs loops - Stack Overflow

    Mar 19, 2009 · Recursion is used to express an algorithm that is naturally recursive in a form that is more easily understandable. A "naturally recursive" algorithm is one where the answer is …

  5. Real-world examples of recursion - Stack Overflow

    Sep 20, 2008 · There is no recursion in the real-world. Recursion is a mathematical abstraction. You can model lots of things using recursion. In that sense, Fibonacci is absolutely real-world, …

  6. Convert recursion to iteration - Stack Overflow

    37 Strive to make your recursive call Tail Recursion (recursion where the last statement is the recursive call). Once you have that, converting it to iteration is generally pretty easy.

  7. Understanding recursion in the context of Towers of Hanoi

    I'm having trouble understanding recursion. I am trying to solve Towers of Hanoi. How does calling the same function from within itself helps me find the solution for the Towers of Hanoi …

  8. java - What is recursion - Stack Overflow

    Nov 30, 2012 · Recursion is a programming technique where a method can call itself as part of its calculation (sometimes you can have more than one method - the methods would then …

  9. Understanding how recursive functions work - Stack Overflow

    Sep 5, 2014 · Recursion started making sense to me when I stopped reading what others say about it or seeing it as something I can avoid and just wrote code. I found a problem with a …

  10. SQL Server CTE and recursion example - Stack Overflow

    I never use CTE with recursion. I was just reading an article on it. This article shows employee info with the help of Sql server CTE and recursion. It is basically showing employees and their …