help-gnu-emacs
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: How to cast an imperative loop into a readable recursive function ?


From: Katalin Sinkov
Subject: Re: How to cast an imperative loop into a readable recursive function ?
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 19:22:46 -0800 (PST)
User-agent: G2/1.0

On Dec 2, 7:18 pm, Paul Rubin <no.em...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Katalin Sinkov <lispstyl...@gmail.com> writes:
> > I am thinking of how McCarthy wrote all those difficult concepts
> > nicely as recursive functions. He dissected a problem ingeniously to
> > not have to iterate.
>
> If you like mathematical treatments, you might look for some of Richard
> Bird's papers on program refinement.

math would be an overkill and not needed. its issue of programming
style.


reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]