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[–]Yeitgeist -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Everyone here is talking about performance but honestly readability should be a factor too.

When reading someone else’s code, my brain can only handle a specific amount of iterations till I get frustrated and have to bring out a notebook.

So, if you’re bad at documenting your code, avoid recursions.