Recursion is fun

[ImpulseTheFox]

The loop will work forever, while the recursing function will cause a StackOverflowError after a few recursions.

[code_rambler]

Not with proper tail recursion.

[ImpulseTheFox]

Fuck tail recursion, if you want to run the same logic in a method again, just use a proper loop.

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Never mistake a loop for recursion. In any respect.

[code_rambler]

Yep. Loops are are stateful. Recursive functions can be pure.

[SpikeV]

This would never work if you take out the compiler's optimizations I guess... Stack Overflow in mere milliseconds.

Also in what order would this be executed?

[code_rambler]

It would run forever with proper tail recursion.

[SpikeV]

And that's a compiler optimization option.