Re: asm

From: Randall Hyde (randyhyde_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 04/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:10:10 +0000 (UTC)

"Jim Carlock" <anonymous@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:Stl5c.293460$Po1.76750@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> I think a factorial is a good introduction to recursion as well.
>

Personally, I'm not sure. It's one of those algorithms that you would
*never* solve recursively if you really had to do it (too inefficient that
way).

Generally, I like to give students a "maze solution" problem to solve when
introducing recursion in assembly language. It's easy, far more interesting
(to most students), and is a practical application of recursion.
Cheers,
Randy Hyde

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