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From: rrwood@contact.uucp (roy wood)
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Subject: Recursion?
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Date: 5 Oct 90 10:13:54 GMT
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I'm working with someone whose background is mostly COBOL programming in
a business environment.  This person is convinced that recursion is just
a "trick" of some sort, with no real world applications.  I'm trying to
think of some examples that really show the usefulness of recursion,
but all I can think of right now are factorials and the knight's tour
problem.  Does anyone out there know of any other good examples that
show the reak usefulness of recursion?
 
-Roy Wood.