Dear all

On 11 Dec 2020, at 00:07, Henning Thielemann wrote:

.... stuff elided

So recursion looks to me as funtional programming's GOTO, and if it is tail recursive, it actually is one.

Yes, but it's "GOTO considered beneficial" ;-) Thanks to Zachi for asking the original question - I've already seen lots more ideas for me to chase up for my course! Regards, and Happy Holidays, Andrew

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